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ArticleJournal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition2021

Exacerbation of liver dysfunction in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Akira Asai, Hidetaka Yasuoka, Masahiro Matsui, Norio Okamoto, Shinya Fukunishi, Kazuhide Higuchi

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Article in Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akira Asai2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
Hidetaka Yasuoka2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
Masahiro Matsui2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
Norio Okamoto2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
Shinya Fukunishi2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
Kazuhide Higuchi2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686, Japan.
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many people were forced to stay at home, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients, however it is unclear how this home-life has affected the prognosis of NASH. In this study, we examined the influences of living at home during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic NASH patients. In this study, we compared the clinical parameters of NASH patients without COVID-19 infection 3 months before with those 3 months after the declaration of a state of emergency. In the results, the changes of aspartate transaminase and alanine aminotransferase in the 3 months before (aspartate transaminase, -3.6 ± 13.8 U/L; alanine aminotransferase, -6.8 ± 19.5 U/L) was significantly exacerbated in the 3 months after (aspartate transaminase, 2.3 ± 7.5 U/L; alanine aminotransferase, 1.7 ± 10.4 U/L). Furthermore, the changes of the fibrosis-4 index in the 3 months before (-0.27 ± 0.84) was also significantly exacerbated in the 3 months after (0.38 ± 0.96). In conclusion, liver dysfunctions in NASH patients were exacerbated due to the emergency declaration and outing restriction which accompanied COVID-19.

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