19 Mar 2024 • Research examining over 230,000 T2D patients without prior liver disease history has revealed a significant correlation: the accumulation of metabolic syndrome (MetS) traits heightened the risk of progression to major adverse liver outcomes (MALOs).

• MetS traits included hypertension, low HDL level, hypertriglyceridemia, obesity, and albuminuria, in addition to T2D
• Compared with patients with one MetS trait (only T2D) at baseline, those with more than one MetS trait had a higher rate of MALOs.
• Specifically, each additional MetS trait increased the risk of MALOs by 1.28 times.
• Hypertension stood out as a key contributor, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 2.06.

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