Correlation between insulin resistance and liver histology in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis with and without obesity

INTRODUCTION: Insulin resistance (IR) plays a central role in pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim of this study was to correlate histopathological grading and IR in overweight/obese patients with NASH as compared with lean NASH.

METHODS: Patients with NASH who underwent liver biopsy between January 2012 and December 2012 were included. Anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical features, necro-inflammatory grades, and fibrosis stage on liver biopsies were scored according to Brunt and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity score (NAS).

RESULTS: Of 42 patients, 33 (78.6%) had body mass index (BMI) ≥ 23 kg/m2 (overweight/obese) while 9 had BMI < 23 kg/m2 (lean). Mean fasting blood sugar (FBS) and HbA1c levels in overweight/obese patients with NASH were higher than in lean NASH (p < 0.05). The median homeostatic model assessment-estimated insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) among NASH patients with BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 was higher than among those with BMI < 23 kg/m2 (3.02 [0.34-17.22] vs. 2 [0.52-5.26]; p = 0.045). However, fasting insulin levels were comparable among lean and overweight/obese patients with NASH. Metabolic syndrome could be predicted with 75% sensitivity and 85.3% specificity at a HOMA-IR cutoff value of 3.9. No significant difference was observed with regard to HOMA-IR levels with Brunt grades, Brunt staging, Brunt grades 1 and 2, Brunt scores < 2 and > 2, and NAS scores, and NAS scores < 4 and > 4.

CONCLUSIONS: Although IR was significantly higher in overweight/obese patients with NASH as compared with that in lean patients with NASH, there was no difference in the correlation of HOMA-IR with histology between these groups.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology - 39(2020), 1 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 42-49

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lazar, Mathew Vadukoot [VerfasserIn]
Eapen, Malini [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Harikumar R [VerfasserIn]
Siyad, Ismail [VerfasserIn]
Gopalakrishna, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brunt score
Cirrhosis
Fatty liver
Journal Article
Obesity

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Date Completed 03.08.2020

Date Revised 03.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12664-020-01024-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308086708