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SUBMITTER: Viglino D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224555 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viglino Damien D Plazanet Anais A Bailly Sebastien S Benmerad Meriem M Jullian-Desayes Ingrid I Tamisier Renaud R Leroy Vincent V Zarski Jean-Pierre JP Maignan Maxime M Joyeux-Faure Marie M Pépin Jean-Louis JL
Scientific reports 20181108 1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) both independently increase cardiovascular risk. We hypothesized that NAFLD might increase the incidence of cardiovascular disease and death in COPD patients. The relationship between NAFLD, incident cardiovascular events, and death was assessed in a prospective cohort of COPD patients with 5-year follow-up. Noninvasive algorithms combining biological parameters (FibroMax<sup>®</sup>) were used to evaluate ...[more]