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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2015; 21(48): 13555-13565
Published online Dec 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i48.13555
Published online Dec 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i48.13555
Fatty liver disease: Disparate predictive ability for cardiometabolic risk and all-cause mortality
Altan Onat, Hüsniye Yüksel, Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 34099 Istanbul, Turkey
Günay Can, Department of Public Health, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, 34099 Istanbul, Turkey
Ayşem Kaya, Section of Biochemistry, Institute of Cardiology, all Istanbul University, 34096 Istanbul, Turkey
Tuğba Akbaş, Bağcılar Educational Hospital, 34500 Istanbul, Turkey
Fatma Özpamuk-Karadeniz, Balıklıgol State Hospital, 63050 Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Barış Şimşek, Department of Cardiology, S. Ersek Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, 34668 Istanbul, Turkey
Hakan Çakır, Darıca Farabi State Hospital, 41700 Kocaeli, Turkey
Author contributions: Onat A conceived and designed the study and analyzed and interpreted data; Can G performed the statistical analyses and critically revised the manuscript; Kaya A performed the biochemical analyses and critically revised the manuscript; Akbaş T, Özpamuk-Karadeniz F, Şimşek B and Çakır H collected data and critically revised the manuscript; and Yüksel H drafted the manuscript and obtained funding.
Supported by Automotive company TOFAŞ, Istanbul, Turkey.
Institutional review board statement: Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Turkey.
Clinical trial registration statement: Not applicable.
Informed consent statement: All individuals gave written consent to participation.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no competing interests.
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Correspondence to: Altan Onat, Professor, Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Nisbetiye cad. 59/24, Etiler 34335, Istanbul, Turkey. alt_onat@yahoo.com.tr
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Received: April 22, 2015
Peer-review started: April 24, 2015
First decision: July 10, 2015
Revised: July 23, 2015
Accepted: September 28, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: December 28, 2015
Peer-review started: April 24, 2015
First decision: July 10, 2015
Revised: July 23, 2015
Accepted: September 28, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: December 28, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: We prospectively assessed in 1822 adults the association between a validated surrogate of fatty liver disease (FLD) and the incidence of type-2 diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD), and all-cause mortality by stratifying to gender and using adjusted Cox regression models. At a mean 8 year follow-up, FLD was the major determinant of developing diabetes and was a significant predictor of CHD. Similarly-adjusted models for all-cause mortality did not confer risk, except for slightly in prediabetics and diabetic women. Involvement of circulating lipoprotein(a) in autoimmune activation may be an underlying mechanism. Such a FLD surrogate may be used in epidemiologic studies.