Comparison of long‐term prognosis between non‐obese and obese patients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease

Autor: Michihiro Iwaki, Takaomi Kessoku, Kosuke Tanaka, Anna Ozaki, Yuki Kasai, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kota Takahashi, Takashi Kobayashi, Asako Nogami, Yasushi Honda, Yuji Ogawa, Kento Imajo, Shunsuke Oyamada, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Shinichi Aishima, Satoru Saito, Atsushi Nakajima, Masato Yoneda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: JGH Open, Vol 6, Iss 10, Pp 696-703 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2397-9070
DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.12808
Popis: Abstract Background and Aim Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can progress in non‐obese patients as in obese patients. Reports on long‐term prognosis in non‐obese NAFLD patients are controversial. Therefore, we aimed to examine the long‐term prognosis of non‐obese patients with NAFLD. Methods This single‐center, retrospective cohort study enrolled biopsy‐proven non‐obese and obese NAFLD patients between January 2002 and December 2011 and followed them up until 31 March 2021, for death and clinical events (cardiovascular and liver‐related events and extrahepatic cancers). Results Of the 223 NAFLD patients, 58 (26.0%) were non‐obese. Compared with obese patients, they had a lower fibrosis stage (0.8 ± 0.80 vs 1.2 ± 0.91; P = 0.004), milder lobular inflammation (0.9 ± 0.7 vs 1.1 ± 0.7; P = 0.02), and significantly lower serum creatinine, total bilirubin, ferritin, and type IV collagen 7S and higher high‐density lipoprotein levels. After a median follow‐up of 8.9 years, no significant difference was noted in mortality between the two groups (2 [3.4%] non‐obese vs 5 [3.0%] obese; log‐rank test, P = 0.63). Twelve patients (20.7%) in the non‐obese group and 32 (19.4%) in the obese group had clinical events. Although the obese group had a higher incidence of clinical events during the first 10 years of follow‐up, the non‐obese group had a higher incidence after that (log‐rank test, P = 0.67). The non‐obese group had a high incidence of malignancy (9 [15.5%] non‐obese vs 14 [8.3%] obese; P = 0.13). Conclusion Non‐obese NAFLD does not necessarily have a good prognosis, and some cases have a poor prognosis such as extrahepatic cancers. Further validation is required in the future.
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