Establishing the independence and clinical importance of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease

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¹ Liver Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
² Liver Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK; Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Electronic address: i.a.c.rowe@leeds.ac.uk.

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¹ Liver Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
² Liver Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK; Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Electronic address: i.a.c.rowe@leeds.ac.uk.

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