Cardiometabolic disorders, inflammation and the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A longitudinal study comparing lean and non-lean individuals

• Ehimen C. Aneni ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ehianeni@outlook.com

  Affiliation Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

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• Gul Jana Saeed,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Sleep and Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0642-1968

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• Marcio Sommer Bittencourt,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, University Hospital and State of São Paulo Cancer Institute (ICESP), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Miguel Cainzos-Achirica,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America

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• Chukwuemeka U. Osondu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, United States of America

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• Matthew Budoff,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9616-1946

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• Edison R. Parise,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Raul D. Santos,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil, Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9860-6582

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• Khurram Nasir

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States of America

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