Significant Burden of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Advanced Fibrosis in Iranian Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
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Behnam Hosseini Ahangar
,
Rojen Manheouchri
,
Bahareh Rezaei
,
Maryam Bahadori
,
Arefeh Ebrahimi
,
Rilind Krasniq
,
Ehsan Shahverdi
Abstract
The main cause of chronic liver disease in Iran is Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A common pathological feature of chronic liver disease is fibrosis, so particular vigilance against patients with liver fibrosis is necessary to lead healthcare resource planning. The aims of the current study were to determine the prevalence and predictors of significant fibrosis and advanced ones among individuals with NAFLD. In the current cross-sectional study conducted during 2013-2016, the presence of fibrosis among NAFLD patients was assessed using the NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) and AST to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI) systems. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to predict significant fibrosis or advanced fibrosis among NAFLD patients. Analysis of the results of over 999 patients (569 females and 430 males) with the mean age of 43.28±14.034 years in Iran during 2015-2016 showed that the overall prevalence of NAFLD among Iranian adults was 19.6%. NAFLD prevalence was not significantly higher in males compared to females (51.5% vs. 48.5%, P=0.66). On multivariate logistic regression analyses, females were less likely to have NAFLD compared to males (OR 0.32, 95% CI 0.24-0.42, P<0.001). The overall prevalence of liver fibrosis among NAFLD patients was 38.8%.20.4% and 6.12% of NAFLD patients had evidence of significant and advanced fibrosis, respectively. Our most recent dataset analysis emphasized the major burden of NAFLD among people of Iranian origin. A high prevalence of individuals with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis was observed.
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2. Muddu AK, Guha IN, Elsharkawy AM, Mann DA.
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7. Younossi ZM, Stepanova M, Negro F, Hallaji S, Younossi Y, Lam B, et al. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in lean individuals in the United States. Medicine 2012;91:319-27.
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9. Lin ZH, Xin YN, Dong QJ, Wang Q, Jiang XJ, Zhan SH, et al. Performance of the aspartate aminotransferase‐to‐platelet ratio index for the staging of hepatitis C‐related fibrosis: An updated meta‐analysis. Hepatology 2011;53:726-36.
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Ther 2015;41:293-300.
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16. Amirkalali B, Poustchi H, Keyvani H, Khansari MR, Ajdarkosh H, Maadi M, et al. prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its predictors in north of Iran. Iran J Public Health 2014;43:1275-83.
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20. Wong RJ, Aguilar M, Cheung R, Perumpail RB, Harrison SA, Younossi ZM, et al. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is the second leading etiology of liver disease among adults awaiting liver transplantation in the United States. Gastroenterology 2015;148:547-55.
21. Wong RJ, Cheung R, Ahmed A. Nonalcoholic
steatohepatitis is the most rapidly growing indication for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the US. Hepatology 2014;59:2188-95.
22. Younossi ZM, Blissett D, Blissett R, Henry L, Stepanova M, Younossi Y, et al. The economic and clinical burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States and Europe. Hepatology 2016;64:1577-86.
23. Younossi ZM, Henry L. Economic and quality-of-life implications of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Pharmacoeconomics 2015;33:1245-53.
24. Chehreh MEG, Vahedi M, Pourhoseingholi MA, Ashtari S, Khedmat H, Amin M, et al. estimation of diagnosis and treatment costs of non-alcoholic Fatty liver disease: a two-year observation. Hepatitis monthly 2013;13.
25. Dolgin NH, Movahedi B, Martins PN, Goldberg R, Lapane KL, Anderson FA, et al. Decade-Long Trends in Liver Transplant Waitlist Removal Due to Illness Severity: The Impact of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Policy. J Am Coll Surg 2016;222:1054-65.
26. Loria P, Lonardo A, Carulli L, Verrone A, Ricchi M, Lombardini S, et al. the metabolic syndrome and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2005;22:31-6.
27. Chitturi S, Abeygunasekera S, Farrell GC, Holmes‐Walker J, Hui JM, Fung C, et al. NASH and insulin resistance: insulin hypersecretion and specific association with the insulin resistance syndrome. Hepatology 2002;35:373-9.
28. Smits MM, Ioannou GN, Boyko EJ, Utzschneider KM. Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease as an independent manifestation of the metabolic syndrome: Results of a US national survey in three ethnic groups. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2013;28:664-70.
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Hosseini Ahangar B, Manheouchri R, Rezaei B, Bahadori M, Ebrahimi A, Krasniq R, Shahverdi E. Significant Burden of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Advanced Fibrosis in Iranian Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Acta Med Iran. 2020;57(11):653-657.
