Metabolic Burden, Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, and Cognitive Performance Among Older Adults: Analysis of 1,387 Participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
BACKGROUND Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is prevalent in older adults, yet its independent contribution to cognitive decline beyond cardiometabolic risk factors remains uncertain. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 1,387 NHANES 2011-2014 participants aged ≥60 years....