NAFLD may not raise CV risk

Patients should be assessed with standard risk calculators, researchers say
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is not an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events, according to European researchers who say previous research on the topic is flawed.

Writing in the BMJ, they say patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are not necessarily at increased risk of acute myocardial infarction or stroke, and they should be assessed using risk score tools in a similar way to the general population.