Impact of fibrosis on liver-related event incidence in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease : A multicenter observational study

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AIM: There are few reports on the prognosis of liver-related events in Japanese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We undertook an observational study to compare the prognosis between fibrotic and nonfibrotic groups in Japanese NAFLD patients.

METHODS: Prognosis in 393 NAFLD patients who underwent liver biopsy between April 2013 and April 2015 at multiple centers were investigated. The time to onset of liver-related events, cardiovascular events, development of extrahepatic cancers, and death were compared between the pathologically fibrotic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) group and nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) + nonfibrotic NASH group. A similar analysis was carried out based on the fibrotic classification diagnosed using four noninvasive fibrosis prediction models.

RESULTS: The mean age and body mass index at the time of liver biopsy was 55.7 years old and 28.04 kg/m2 , respectively The cumulative incidence of liver-related events at 1080 days after liver biopsy was 5.79% in the pathologically fibrotic NASH group and 0% in the NAFL + nonfibrotic NASH group, with a significant difference (p = 0.0334). The cumulative incidence of liver-related events was significantly higher in the positive group for the prediction model than in the negative group in all four models (all p values were <0.0001). There was no significant difference between the pathologically fibrotic NASH group and NAFL + nonfibrotic NASH group in terms of cumulative incidence of cardiovascular events, development of extrahepatic cancers, and death.

CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of liver-related events was significantly higher in the fibrotic NASH group than that of the NAFL + nonfibrotic NASH group in Japanese NAFLD patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology - 53(2023), 12 vom: 03. Dez., Seite 1169-1184

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chayama, Kazuaki [VerfasserIn]
Hiramatsu, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Shima, Toshihide [VerfasserIn]
Itoh, Yoshito [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguchi, Kanji [VerfasserIn]
Nakajima, Tomoaki [VerfasserIn]
Hoshikawa, Kyoko [VerfasserIn]
Kawamura, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Akuta, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Kiyoaki [VerfasserIn]
Kawanaka, Miwa [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Michiie [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Goto, Yoshihito [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Takeo [VerfasserIn]
Kumada, Hiromitsu [VerfasserIn]
Okanoue, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fibrosis
Journal Article
Liver-related event
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Prognosis

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Date Revised 02.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/hepr.13950

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360344879