scholarly journals Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity and Underlying Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Independent Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Andra-Iulia Suceveanu ◽  
Laura Mazilu ◽  
Doina Catrinoiu ◽  
Adrian-Paul Suceveanu ◽  
Felix Voinea ◽  
...  

AbstractBackground and Aims. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies. Obesity, together with the underlying liver steatosis, has received increased attention as a risk factor for HCC. Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is also reported to be associated with HCC. We aimed to estimate the risk of HCC in obese and diabetic patients. Material and method. We prospectively analyzed 414 obese and diabetic patients, over a period of 5 years. We evaluated all patients using screening methods such as abdominal ultrasound and serum alpha-fetoprotein every 6 month, in order to detect HCC occurrence. Kaplan-Meier analysis estimated the cumulative incidence of HCC. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis assessed the association between HCC and obesity. Results. Median follow-up was 4.3 years. 11 from 77 cirrhotic obese patients, and 18 from 150 non-cirrhotic obese patients developed HCC (p=ns). 7 from 51 patients with DM and cirrhosis, and 14 from 136 non-cirrhotic patients with DM developed HCC (p=ns). The cumulative incidence of HCC was 2.8%, respectively 2.6%, in cirrhotic patients with obesity or DM, compared with 2.2%, respectively 2.0%, in non-cirrhotic patients with obesity or DM (p=ns). Conclusion. Obesity and DM, along with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), seems to be independent risk factors for HCC occurrence.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yueying Qi ◽  
Lirong Fan ◽  
Decong Ran ◽  
Jieda Xu ◽  
Yuansong Wang ◽  
...  

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a pathological metabolic disease characterized by high ketone lipid based on abnormal lipid metabolism. Compared with patients with single T2DM or NAFLD, T2DM complicated with NAFLD has more complicated pathogenic factors and pathological processes. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the leading malignancy arising from cirrhosis, is the second most lethal cancer globally. The purpose of this study was to clarify the main risk factors of T2DM with NAFLD and HCC. There are many challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of T2DM patients with NAFLD and HCC. The current gold standard is to adjust treatment strategy, optimize metabolic control, and improve liver phenotype. It is necessary to identify further the risk factors driving the progression of T2DM with NAFLD and HCC and evaluate new therapeutic targets, in addition to exploring the syndromic forms of T2DM combined with NAFLD and providing a theoretical basis for early prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. S39-S40
Author(s):  
Shivaram Prasad Singh ◽  
Saroj Kanta Sahu ◽  
Prasanta Kumar Parida ◽  
Sambit Kumar Behera ◽  
Suryakanta Parida ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 862-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maki Tobari ◽  
Etsuko Hashimoto ◽  
Makiko Taniai ◽  
Kazuhisa Kodama ◽  
Tomomi Kogiso ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaista Kanwal ◽  
Tahir Ghaffar ◽  
Azizul Hasan Aamir ◽  
Khalid Usman

Objective: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is emerging as a major public health problem globally especially in patients with Type-2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to assess the frequency of NAFLD in patients with T2DM and to study its associated risk factors. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted from April 2020 to October 2020 at the Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Adult patients with T2DM were included in the study and underwent abdominal ultrasound for the identification of NAFLD. All the relevant clinical and biochemical characteristics were measured. Results: Out of 384 participants, 236 patients (61.5%) had NAFLD on ultrasound. Patients with NAFLD had higher mean BMI, higher HbA1c, increased waist circumference, raised ALT, higher triglyceride, and low HDL. Logistic regression analysis revealed a statistically significant association with central obesity (OR = 5.448, 95% CI = 1.416-20.959, p = 0.014), higher BMI (OR = 4.435, 95% CI = 2.127-9.246, p < 0.0001), higher HbA1c [> 11%] (OR = 3.602, 95% CI = 1.438-9.019, p = 0.006), and elevated ALT (OR = 3.211, 95% CI = 1.509-6.835, p = 0.002). The highest odds for NAFLD were found for hypertriglyceridemia (OR = 11.624, 95% CI = 5.405-24.998, p < 0.0001) and low HDL (OR = 11.543, 95% CI = 2.590-51.439, p = 0.001), respectively. Conclusions: High frequency of NAFLD along with its associated clinical and laboratory risk factors were revealed. This underpins the significance of screening T2DM patients for NAFLD and assessment for and modification of its associated risk factors in routine clinical practice. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.5.4211 How to cite this:Kanwal S, Ghaffar T, Aamir AH, Usman K. Frequency of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus and its associated risk factors. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(5):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.5.4211 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


Author(s):  
PAULO ROBERTO OTT-FONTES ◽  
JOÃO ALFREDO DIEDRICH NETO ◽  
MARCOS BERTOZZI GOLDONI

ABSTRACT Introduction: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease presents a broad spectrum of histopathological alterations, from steatosis to liver cirrhosis. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) present increased incidence and severity of NAFLD. Objective: determine the prevalence and severity of NAFLD in diabetic and non-diabetic obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Method: the evaluation of liver biopsies was carried out through NAFLD activity score (NAS) in order to evaluate degree of hepatic steatosis, presence of ballooning, inflammatory activity and degree of fibrosis. Results: a total of 154 patients who have undergone bariatric surgery with intraoperative biopsy were observed and divided into two BMI ranges: from 35 to 44.9 and from 45 to 54.9. 32 (20.8%) from 154 patients were diabetic and 122 (79.2%) were non-diabetic. Patients with DM were significantly older than patients without the disease, presenting 41.29 ± 9.40 years vs 36.71 ± 10.13 years in the group with BMI of 35 to 44.9 (p=0.049); and 45.13 ± 7.10 years vs 37.00 ± 9.24 years in the group with BMI of 45 to 54.9 (p=0.024). In the histological evaluation, patients with DM from the BMI group of 35 to 44.9 had a strong association with higher prevalence and severity of steatosis, balloning, inflammation, fibrosis and steatohepatitis. Conclusion: the present study confirms the high prevalence of NAFLD in patients with Morbid Obesity. Prevalence and severity increase proportionally to BMI and who have DM as comorbidity.


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