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Table 2 Prevalence of CAD in three groups according to FIB-4 tertile in patients with MAFLD

From: Fibrosis score 4 index has an independent relationship with coronary artery diseases in patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

FIB-4 tertile

Non-CAD

CAD

P-value

Tertile 1st (0.22–0.74)

272

34.1%

29

12.6%

< 0.001

Tertile 2nd (0.746–1.062)

243

30.5%

77

33.3%

< 0.001

Tertile 3rd (1.063–3.78)

283

35.5%

125

54.1%

< 0.001

  1. FIB-4 fibrosis score index, CAD coronary artery disease (the percentage of patients with CAD in the second and third tertiles of fib-4 is significantly higher compared to first tertile. While this percentage is significantly higher in Non-CAD patients in the first tertile of fib-4, these results confirm that higher fib-4 is associated with CAD).
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

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