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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

Association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with the susceptibility and outcome of COVID-19: A retrospective study.

Guyi Wang, Shangjie Wu, Chenfang Wu, Quan Zhang, Fang Wu, Bo Yu, Siye Zhang, Chao Wu, Guobao Wu, Yanjun Zhong

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guyi WangCritical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Shangjie WuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Chenfang WuCritical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Quan ZhangCritical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Changsha, China.
Fang WuDepartment of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Bo YuCritical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Siye ZhangCritical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Chao WuDepartment of Metabolism & Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Guobao WuCritical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Yanjun ZhongCritical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2588-6517
Central South University · CNThe First Hospital of Changsha · CN

Funding

Central South University, China 160260005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the effect of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on the susceptibility and consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We retrospectively collected data from 218 adult COVID-19 patients who showed no evidence of excessive alcohol consumption and underwent abdominal ultrasound examinations. Of these patients, 39.4% patients had been diagnosed with NAFLD, which indicates a much higher prevalence of NAFLD than that reported in the general population. Significantly elevated white blood cell count (p = 0.008), alanine aminotransferase (p = 0.000), aspartate aminotransferase (p = 0.006) and C reactive protein (p = 0.012) were found in the patients with NAFLD. These patients also had significantly higher proportions of hypertension (p = 0.006) and diabetes (p = 0.049) than the non-NAFLD cases. No significant differences existed in the severity, mortality, viral shedding time and length of hospital stay between patients with or without NAFLD in the sample population. However, subgroup analyses found that in patients with normal body mass index (BMI), NAFLD sufferers were more likely to experience a severe event (30.0% vs 11.5%, p = 0.021). Kaplan-Meier curve (log-rank p = 0.017) and Cox regression (HR = 3.26, 95% CI: 1.17-9.04, p = 0.023) analyses confirmed that before and after adjusting for gender, age and comorbidities, NAFLD patients with normal BMI had a higher incidence of suffering severe events. People with NAFLD may have a higher proportion of COVID-19. NAFLD may be correlated with the severity of COVID-19 patients in the normal BMI group.

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PMID34761514
PMCPMC8650045
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