Identification of Predictors of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Its Severity in Individuals Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.

Autor: Ayres ABS; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Carneiro CRG; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Gestic MA; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Utrini MP; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Chaim FDM; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Callejas-Neto F; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Chaim EA; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil., Cazzo E; Dept. of Surgery-School of Medical Sciences-State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Alexander Fleming, s/no, Campinas, (SP), Brazil. notrevezzo@yahoo.com.br.; Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, (SP), CEP 13085-000, Brazil. notrevezzo@yahoo.com.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Obesity surgery [Obes Surg] 2024 Feb; Vol. 34 (2), pp. 456-466. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 14.
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-06986-5
Abstrakt: Background: As obesity reached epidemic proportions, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) also had a worrisome parallel increase. The non-invasive differentiation of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from uncomplicated NAFLD remains an important challenge in current clinical practice.
Objective: To identify predictors of the occurrence and severity of NAFLD and NASH.
Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study which included individuals undergoing bariatric surgery. Participants were histologically classified according to the presence NASH and severity of NAFLD. Demographic, clinical, anthropometric, and biochemical aspects were analyzed and compared.
Results: Out of 171 individuals, 87.7% were female and the mean age was 38.4±9.3 years. The average BMI was 38±3.0 kg/m 2 . NAFLD was histologically confirmed in 74.9%; the commonest histopathological abnormalities were macrovesicular steatosis (74.9%) and ballooning (40.4%). Simple steatosis occurred in 30.4%, 44.4% presented with NASH, and 31% had severe NAFLD. NASH associated with higher levels of ALT (0.03), ALP (0.02), and glucose (0.02). Cutoff values were, respectively, 23 U/L, 67 U/L, and 81 mg/dL. Their concomitant use provided an 83.1% specificity for NASH. Severe NAFLD associated with diabetes (p=0.02), higher BMI (p=0.01), AST (p=0.04), ALT (p<0.01), ALP (p=0.01), glucose (p=0.02), and ferritin (p<0.01). BMI over 39.3 kg/m 2 and ferritin over 178 ng/mL concomitantly provided a 70.5% accuracy for severe NAFLD.
Conclusions: NASH and severe NAFLD associated with higher levels of ALT, ALP, and glucose. Severe NAFLD associated with higher BMI and higher ferritin levels in this group. The concomitant evaluation of these laboratory tests could help ruling out NASH and safely screening severe NAFLD.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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