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ReviewUnited European gastroenterology journal2024

Interactions between the metabolic syndrome and alcohol consumption increases the risk of liver disease.

Hannes Hagström, Hannes Hegmar, Christophe Moreno

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Review in United European gastroenterology journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hannes HagströmDivision of Hepatology, Department of Upper GI, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8474-1759
Hannes HegmarDivision of Hepatology, Department of Upper GI, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Christophe MorenoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0001-5305-2483
Karolinska University Hospital · SEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BE

Funding

Astra ZenecaEchosensGilead SciencesIntercept PharmaceuticalsMSDPfizerRadiumhemmet Research Foundation and Region StockholmThe Swedish Cancer SocietyThe Swedish Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD, recently renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease [MASLD]) share many features, including certain pathophysiological mechanisms, susceptibility genes, and histological lesions. However, the natural history of the two diseases, studied separately, is significantly different, with ALD being associated with a higher risk of cirrhosis and liver-related mortality. Moreover, evidence suggests an interactive effect between ALD and metabolic risk factors that are associated with NAFLD on the risk of progressive fibrosis and development of cirrhosis. Patients with both a high consumption of alcohol and metabolic risk factors, such as obesity or diabetes, should therefore be considered a particularly high-risk group for cirrhosis. Additional studies regarding the efficacy of screening for advanced liver fibrosis or cirrhosis in these risk groups are needed. The most effective and established method for reducing the risk of progression in ALD is alcohol abstinence, whereas weight loss is effective in NAFLD. In this narrative review, we introduce the reader to the literature of the field and present key studies showing this interactive effect.

Indexed as

Metabolic SyndromeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAlcohol DrinkingHumansLiver CirrhosisRisk Factorsalcohol‐related liver diseasecirrhosisepidemiologyNAFLDnatural history

Identifiers

PMID38381115
PMCPMC10954435
OpenAlexW4391994826

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