Liver fibrosis by FibroScan® independently of established cardiovascular risk parameters associates with macrovascular and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes
- Lombardi, Rosa
- Airaghi, Lorena
- Targher, Giovanni
- Serviddio, Gaetano
- Maffi, Gabriele
- Mantovani, Alessandro
- Maffeis, Claudio
- Colecchia, Antonio
- Villani, Rosanna
- Rinaldi, Luca
- Orsi, Emanuela
- Pisano, Giuseppina
- Adinolfi, Luigi E
- Fargion, Silvia
- Fracanzani, Anna L
DOIAbstract
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are closely associated, and liver fibrosis has been related to macrovascular complications. We examined whether liver fibrosis, diagnosed by FibroScan® , correlates with chronic vascular complications in a cohort of T2DM
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