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ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology

Diabetes Mellitus Increases the Risk of Significant Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Sandeep Chhabra, Sukhraj P Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Mehta, Amninder Kaur, Namita Bansal, Ajit Sood

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Article in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandeep ChhabraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Sukhraj P SinghDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Arshdeep SinghDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Varun MehtaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Amninder KaurDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Namita BansalDepartment of Research and Development, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Ajit SoodDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India.
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the risk posed by diabetes mellitus in progression of liver disease is uncertain. This study compared the severity of hepatic fibrosis in patients with NAFLD with and without diabetes mellitus. Methods: Consecutive adult patients with NAFLD undergoing transient elastography [FibroScan Touch 502 (Echosens, Paris, France)] at a tertiary care center in north India were analyzed for severity of hepatic fibrosis. The aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to platelet ratio index (APRI), fibrosis index based on 4 factors (FIB-4), and NAFLD Fibrosis Score (NFS) were calculated. The degree of hepatic fibrosis as determined by FibroScan and non-invasive serum fibrosis models in patients with and without diabetes mellitus were compared. Results: A total of two hundred patients [118 (59%) males, mean age 50.30 ± 11.13 years] were enrolled. Significant hepatic fibrosis was present in 86 (43%) patients [mean age 50.66 ± 10.96 years, 56 (65.11%) males]. The mean FibroScan, APRI, FIB-4, and NFS scores were 9.86 ± 2.97, 0.75 ± 0.47, 2.41 ± 1.41 and -0.24 ± 1.43 in patients with diabetes compared to 5.31 ± 1.09, 0.49 ± 0.27, 1.55 ± 0.85, and -2.12 ± 1.88 in patients without diabetes, respectively ( Conclusion: Presence of diabetes increases the risk of significant hepatic fibrosis in patients with NAFLD. FIB-4 correlates fairly with FibroScan in patients with diabetes and can be used as a screening tool to detect significant hepatic fibrosis.

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ALT, Alanine aminotransferaseAPRI, Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio indexAST, Aspartate aminotransferasediabetes mellitusDM, Diabetes MellitusFIB-4, Fibrosis index based on 4 factorsfibrosisHbA1C, Glycosylated hemoglobinHDL, High-density lipoproteinIFG, Impaired fasting glucoseLDL, Low-density lipoproteinliver cirrhosisNAFLD, Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseNASH, Non-alcoholic steatohepatitisNFS, NAFLD Fibrosis Scorenon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseTE, Transient Elastography

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PMID35535092
PMCPMC9077176
OpenAlexW3180011774

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