Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	117715
Country	Spain

Category	Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	NAFLD fibrosis score is a useful tool for carotid atherosclerosis screening in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Carlos Ernesto Fernández-García, Miguel Á Hernández-García, Beatriz Aldave-Orzáiz, Elena Ávalos Pérez-Urría, José M Muñoz, Alfonsi Friera, Carmelo García-Monzón, Pedro Landete and Águeda González-Rodríguez
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Instituto de Salud Carlos III and Fondo Europeo para el Desarrollo Regional, and Beca SEPAR 2019 from the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery to PL No. PI20/00837 Instituto de Salud Carlos III and Fondo Europeo para el Desarrollo Regional to AGR No. PI22/01968 Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) and the European Social Fund Plus No. PEJ-2024-AISAL-GL-32758 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III Scientific Network Enfermedades Metabólicas funded by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Corresponding Author	Águeda González-Rodríguez, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sols-Morreale, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas Alberto Sols (Centro mixto CSIC/UAM). C/Arturo Duperier 4, Madrid 28029, Spain. aguedagr@iib.uam.es
Key Words	Obstructive sleep apnea; Carotid atherosclerosis; Vascular risk; Liver fibrosis scores; Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease; Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
Core Tip	The non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score, a simple non-invasive blood-based algorithm, predicts the presence of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Importantly, this association is independent of the metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease status of the patient, suggesting that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score is an effective, readily available tool for cardiovascular risk stratification in the obstructive sleep apnea population, even in the absence of liver disease.
Citation	Fernández-García CE, Hernández-García MÁ, Aldave-Orzáiz B, Ávalos Pérez-Urría E, Muñoz JM, Friera A, García-Monzón C, Landete P, González-Rodríguez Á. NAFLD fibrosis score is a useful tool for carotid atherosclerosis screening in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. World J Gastroenterol 2026; In press

Received	2025-12-24 07:01
Peer-Review Started	2025-12-24 07:01
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-01-22 09:01
Return for Revision	2026-01-22 09:01
Revised	2026-02-12 15:57
Publication Fee Transferred	2026-03-05 12:03
Second Decision by Editor	2026-04-08 02:43
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-04-08 11:57
Articles in Press	2026-04-08 11:57
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ISSN	1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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