Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and thyroid function in adult patients

Autor: Mohammad Almutairi, Abdulrahman Alshahrani, Abrar Alali, Feras Alhussainy, Shahad Saleh Abdullah Alghamdi, Omar Zainal, Youssef Almodhaibri, Mohammed Abdulaziz Aljawi, Razan K. Alharbi, Semat Talal Hassan Bakri
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 5:2616
ISSN: 2394-6040
2394-6032
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182408
Popis: Results from published studies on the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hypothyroidism are still controversial. Thyroid dysfunction is closely related with components of metabolic syndrome. We conducted this meta-analysis using a comprehensive search of EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials till 31 January 2018 for prospective observational studies that evaluated the relationship of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and thyroid function in adult patients. Thirteen studies were included in the present meta-analysis. Meta-analysis of the 13 studies found a high correlation between hypothyroidism and NAFLD (OR=1.48, 95% CI 1.22–1.91, p
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