Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Heart Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China.
• ² Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Modena, Italy.
• ³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA.
• ⁴ Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
• ⁵ MAFLD Research Center, Department of Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China; Institute of Hepatology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China; Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for the Development of Chronic Liver Disease in Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou, 325000, China. Electronic address: zhengmh@wmu.edu.cn.