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. 2026 Jan 30;17(4):e00974. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000974

Table 2.

Measuring Outcomes Associated with Patients with Lean vs Non-lean Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Outcome Number of events Hazard ratio (95% CI) P value
Lean Non-lean
New-onset heart failure, follow-up (yr)
 1 2,629 2,159 1.254 (1.184, 1.327) <0.0001
 3 3,335 2,813 1.235 (1.175, 1.299) <0.0001
 5 3,599 3,104 1.219 (1.161, 1.278) <0.0001
 7 3,951 3,411 1.225 (1.17, 1.282) <0.0001
Composite cardiovascular events, follow-up (yr)
 1 1,361 1,120 1.249 (1.154, 1.351) <0.0001
 3 1,936 1,702 1.189 (1.114, 1.269) <0.0001
 5 2,164 1,941 1.179 (1.109, 1.253) <0.0001
 7 2,381 2,158 1.174 (1.107, 1.244) <0.0001
Composite cerebrovascular events, follow-up (yr)
 1 1,403 1,063 1.361 (1.257, 1.474) <0.0001
 3 2,043 1,653 1.297 (1.215, 1.384) <0.0001
 5 2,297 1,906 1.28 (1.204, 1.36) <0.0001
 7 2,521 2,035 1.326 (1.25, 1.405) <0.0001
All-cause mortality, follow-up (yr)
 1 1,233 800 1.588 (1.453, 1.736) <0.0001
 3 1,846 1,239 1.559 (1.451, 1.676) <0.0001
 5 2,109 1,449 1.543 (1.443, 1.649) <0.0001
 7 2,483 1,728 1.538 (1.446, 1.635) <0.0001