ALT levels, alcohol use, and metabolic risk factors have prognostic relevance for liver-related outcomes in the general population

Autor: Ville Männistö, Veikko Salomaa, Antti Jula, Annamari Lundqvist, Satu Männistö, Markus Perola, Fredrik Åberg
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: JHEP Reports, Vol 6, Iss 10, Pp 101172- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-5559
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101172
Popis: Background & Aims: A new nomenclature and subclassification for steatotic liver disease (SLD) was recently introduced. We validated the prognostic value of SLD subclasses in a Finnish population-based cohort and explored the impact of metabolic risk factors and alcohol consumption on liver-related outcomes and death. Methods: The study included 23,910 individuals (47% men, mean age 50.5 ± 14.0 years, BMI 27.0 ± 4.7 kg/m2) from the FINRISK and Health 2000 health examination surveys with healthcare registry linkage for severe liver-related outcomes and deaths. SLD was identified by alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels >20 U/L in women and >30 U/L in men (primary analysis) or fatty liver index (FLI) ≥60 (sensitivity analysis). Results: The prevalence of ALT-defined SLD was 43% (n = 10,380), with subclass rates of 34.5% for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), 4.2% for coexistent MASLD and alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) (i.e., MetALD), and 1.8% for ALD. During a median 13.3-year follow-up, we observed 129 liver-related events. MetALD and ALD increased the age- and sex-adjusted liver-related outcome risk by fourfold (HR 3.83, 95% CI 2.51–5.84, p
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