Liver steatosis as a predictor of incident diabetes in adults: a prospective evaluation in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

• Main Authors: Luciana Costa Faria (Author), Maria de Fátima Haueisen Sander Diniz (Author), Luana Giatti (Author), Maria Inês Schmidt (Author), Alessandra Carvalho Goulart (Author), Bruce Bartholow Duncan (Author), Sandhi Maria Barreto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Increasing epidemiological evidence suggests a bidirectional relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes, and that NAFLD may precede and/or promote the development of diabetes. This study aimed to investigate whether liver steatosis is associated with the incid...