SynthesisInternal and emergency medicine2024
Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and risk of urolithiasis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- CT Attenuation Thresholds for Grading Hepatic Steatosis in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Composite metabolic indices and calcium oxalate stone formation: a multicenter comparative study of HOMA-IR, PAI, TyG, and METS-IR.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver and kidney stones: what is going on?Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2025Review
- A simple, reliable and easily generalizable cell-based assay for screening potential drugs that inhibit lipid accumulation.Current research in toxicology · 2025Article
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease as a mediator of urolithiasis risk: evidence from cross-sectional and genetic studies.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies have reported an association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and the risk of urolithiasis. However, the magnitude of the risk and whether this risk varies with the severity of MASLD remains uncertain. We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to quantify the magnitude of the association between MASLD and urolithiasis. We systematically searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science from database inception to March 31, 2024, using predefined keywords to identify relevant observational studies in which imaging methods or survey questionnaires diagnosed MASLD and urolithiasis. Meta-analysis was performed using random-effects modelling. We identified seven cross-sectional studies and one prospective cohort study with aggregate data on 248,936 adults from different countries. MASLD was significantly associated with an increased risk of prevalent urolithiasis (pooled random-effects odds ratio 1.87, 95% CI 1.34-2.60; I
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