Table 1 Clinical studies about the link between NAFLD and AS

Mishra S, 2013 [115]

NAFLD is associated with carotid intima-media thickness

Li N, 2014 [116]

NAFLD is associated with carotid artery wall thickness

Colak Y, 2012 [117]

Sunbul M, 2014 [118]

Kozakova M, 2012 [119]

NAFLD as estimated by the fatty liver index is associated with early carotid plaques in middle-aged nondiabetic subjects

Yilmaz Y, 2010 [120]

NAFLD is associated with decreased coronary flow reserve

Pacifico L, 2010 [121]

NAFLD is associated with reduced brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation and increased carotid artery wall thickness

Alkhouri N, 2011 [122]

NAFLD is associated with increased arterial stiffness and reduced brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation

Villanova N,2005 [123]

NAFLD histology is associated with reduced brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation

Colak Y, 2012 [117]

Ampuero J, 2015 [124]

NAFLD is associated with carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaques (meta-analysis of 14 studies involving 4130 subjects)

Guleria A, 2013 [125]

NAFLD is associated with carotid intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilatation %

Torun E, 2013 [126]

Chen Y, 2015 [127]

NAFLD is associated with carotid intima-media thickness and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in patients with advanced fibrosis

Ozturk K, 2015 [128]

NAFLD is associated with PWV, CIMT and FMD levels in young adult men

Pastori D, 2015 [129]

NAFLD is associated with FMD level in patients with cardiometabolic risk factors.

Puiq J, 2015 [130]

NAFLD is associated with CIMT in morbid obesity

Kim SK, 2014 [131]

Nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness only in type 2 diabetic subjects with insulin resistance

Kucukazman M, 2013 [11]

NAFLD is associated with CIMT and FMD levels