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It included 44 patients with obesity (33 with steatosis, 11 with NASH) undergoing bariatric surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results revealed no significant differences in adventitial VV density between steatosis and NASH groups, neither in the mean values [0.759 \u00b1 0.104 vs. 0.780 \u00b1 0.043, P=0.702] nor left-right sides. Similarly, carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) did not vary between these groups. Additionally, no linear correlation existed between VV density and cIMT. Only gender showed an association with VV density.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings suggest that NASH severity doesn\u2019t independently drive early atherosclerosis or affects cIMT. Gender might play a role in early atherosclerotic disease in NAFLD, impacting VV density and cIMT. 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