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Fatty liver is a sensitive early warning for hypertension and its complication in the Chinese population
Xin-Ping Zhu1, Gao-Chao Han2, Qiang Chen3
1Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Objective:
The patient of hypertension and its complication increase fast in the past years. Obesity is thought to be a risk factor for hypertension, and BMI (body mass index) is widely used to evaluate the obesity and hypertension risk. However, the abdominal obesity and visceral fat accumulation are more obvious in the East Asian population. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of fatty liver for hypertension in the Chinese population.
Method:
We compared the predictive value of BMI and fatty liver for the hypertension and its complication in 1386 patients with hypertension in Shanghai China.
Results:
In the analysis of 1386 patients with hypertension in Shanghai China, we found that the prevalence and risk of hypertension and its complications were higher in the fatty liver group than that in the group of BMI≥24. Furthermore, the areas under the ROC curve of fatty liver for hypertension and its complications were superior to that of BMI.
Conclusion:
These results suggested that fatty liver is a more sensitive early warning for hypertension and its complication than BMI in Chinese population.
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