Pulmonary hypertension and incidence of NAFLD: a retrospective study

In this retrospective cohort study of 18,910 patients, M. S. Jördens et al. examine a potential association between pulmonary hypertension and NAFLD and liver cirrhosis in an outpatient cohort in Germany. Their data suggests that incidence rates of NAFLD of NAFLD are significantly higher among patients with pulmonary ...
PUBLISHED IN: J Intern Med 2021

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In this retrospective cohort study of 18,910 patients, M. S. Jördens et al. examine a potential association between pulmonary hypertension and NAFLD and liver cirrhosis in an outpatient cohort in Germany.

Their data suggests that incidence rates of NAFLD of NAFLD are significantly higher among patients with pulmonary hypertension compared to non-PH patients. In regression analysis, this association was most prominent among patients >80 years.

As pointed out by the authors, this finding should trigger awareness of non-cardiac comorbidities in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

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