Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated with Liver Damage and Atherosclerosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated with Liver Damage and Atherosclerosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

<h4>Background/aims</h4>We assessed whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and nocturnal hypoxemia are associated with severity of liver fibrosis and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and low prevalence of morbid obesity. Secondary aim was to explore the associa...

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Main Authors: Salvatore Petta, Oreste Marrone, Daniele Torres, Maria Buttacavoli, Calogero Cammà, Vito Di Marco, Anna Licata, Anna Lo Bue, Gaspare Parrinello, Antonio Pinto, Adriana Salvaggio, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Antonio Craxì, Maria Rosaria Bonsignore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0142210&type=printable

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