The association between severity of liver steatosis, apnoea and atherosclerosis risk in OSA patients with NAFLD / Samshol Sukahri

• Main Author: Sukahri, Samshol
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63388/1/63388.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63388/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has been closely associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It also increases cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is widely used as a reliable index of subclinical atherosclerosis. Thus, this st...