SynthesisBMC nephrology2024
Does metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease increase the risk of chronic kidney disease? A meta-analysis of cohort studies.
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- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatic Steatosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients.Annals of transplantation · 2026Article
- Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease: From Epidemiology and Pathophysiology to Clinical Prediction and Treatment Options.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2026Review
- Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between fatty liver index and kidney function using updated MASLD and CKD-EPI 2021 definitions: a population-based study with region-specific cutoffs.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- MASLD: Lipotoxicity and Imaging Parallels from Liver Steatosis to Kidney Injury.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease as a Risk Factor for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- The impact of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASH) on the high risk of cardiovascular disease in CKD: interconnections and management.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Review
- Call a spade a spade.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveMetabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has been used to characterize patients with fatty liver and metabolic dysfunction. The association between MAFLD and chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains undefined. We present high-quality evidence obtained from cohort studies examining if MAFLD leads to an increased risk of CKD.
methodsPubMed, CENTRAL, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched from the earliest possible date to 17th May 2024 for cohort studies examining the link between MAFLD and CKD.
resultsEight studies with nine cohorts were included. Pooled analysis of all nine cohorts showed that MAFLD was an independent predictor of CKD (HR: 1.38 95% CI: 1.24, 1.53 I
conclusionMAFLD is an independent predictor of CKD. The association seems persistent irrespective of sex, body mass index, and other CKD risk factors.
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