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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Liver Dis. 2012 Mar 13;32(1):22–29. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1306423

Table 1.

Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Selected Longitudinal Studies

AuthorRef Number of
Subjects		 Diagnosis
of NAFLD		 Follow-Up
Duration
(Years)		 Proportion of
Deaths Due to
Cardiovascular
Disease (%)		 Comment
Soderberg et al19 118 Histology 24 (median) 30 CVD is the most common
cause of death.
Ekstedt et al20 129 Histology 13.7 ± 1.3 (mean) 16 CVD is the most common cause
of death.
Adams et al21 421 Imaging 7.6 ± 4.0 (mean) 25 CVD is the 2nd most common
cause of death after malignancy.
Dam-Larsen et al22 170 Histology 20.4 (median) 38 CVD is the most common cause
of death.
*Rafiq et al23 173 Histology 18.5 (median) 12.7 CVD is the most common cause
of death.
*

This report presents the extended follow-up for the original cohort from the Cleveland Clinic.24