The Claim

In patients with biopsy-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), the LIVER-ASCVD+ model stratifies individuals into distinct high- and low-risk categories for 10-year cardiovascular events, with significantly different incidence rates of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death compared to standard risk models.

Source: Improving cardiovascular risk prediction in metabolic liver disease with a novel biomarker-enhanced model

What the research says

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Supports
49score
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Quantitative
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In plain English

In patients with biopsy-confirmed MASH, the LIVER-ASCVD+ model identifies groups with higher and lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death over 10 years, and these rates differ significantly from those predicted by standard risk models.

See the scientific wording

In patients with biopsy-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), the LIVER-ASCVD+ model stratifies individuals into distinct high- and low-risk categories for 10-year cardiovascular events, with significantly different incidence rates of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death compared to standard risk models.

Why this might work

Fat-damaged liver cells release signals that cause blood vessels to stiffen and become inflamed, which increases the chance of heart attacks, strokes, and death over time.

Suggested mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Improving cardiovascular risk prediction in metabolic liver disease with a novel biomarker-enhanced model

    This new tool, called LIVER-ASCVD+, does a better job than old methods at guessing who among people with severe fatty liver disease will have a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years. It uses extra liver info to make smarter predictions.

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