Metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular events but not hepatic events and death in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Jenny Yeuk‐Ki Cheng, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong, Yee‐Kit Tse, Angel Mei‐Ling Chim, Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan, Grace Lai‐Hung Wong – 29 September 2016 – Metabolic syndrome is an independent risk factor of liver cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Whether metabolic syndrome affects the long‐term prognosis of CHB patients in terms of hepatic events, cardiovascular events, and death remains unknown. We aimed to determine the incidences of hepatic events, cardiovascular events, and death in CHB patients with or without metabolic syndrome.