GDM linked to doubled NAFLD risk in offspring: review
Mothers with a history of gestational diabetes have a 50% higher risk of subsequent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, while the risk is more than doubled…
Tag: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
‘Screen all T2DM patients for fatty liver disease’: incoming guidelines
GPs could be advised to screen all adults with type 2 diabetes for metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease from next year, a leading hepatologist…
Diabetes in NAFLD drives high rate of decompensated cirrhosis: Aussie study
One in three adults with NAFLD-related cirrhosis and diabetes in the decade up to 2018 progressed to decompensated cirrhosis, an Australian study shows. Age, hypertension and extrahepatic cancer all…
NAFLD prevalence nears 40% in Aussie study
The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has risen to nearly 40% as rates of obesity and takeaway food consumption grow in tandem, Australian researchers…
Lean patients with NAFLD have higher mortality: study
Lean patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease have higher mortality rates than their overweight and obese counterparts, US doctors have found. This is despite lean…
Fast food ups risk of fatty liver, study confirms
People with obesity or diabetes who consume 20% or more of their daily calories from fast food are more likely to develop liver steatosis compared…
Sleep tied to metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease
Highest risk for MAFLD was seen for those with disturbance in night-time sleep and prolonged daytime napping.
Liver stiffness on MRE ‘predicts high risk for complications’
A meta-analysis backs the clinical utility of such imaging, including in combination with FIB-4 scores.
What’s different about liver cancer linked to NAFLD?
A large systematic review characterises the main clinical features and outcomes compared with liver cancer from other causes.
Statins ‘reduce liver cancer risk’ in NASH cirrhosis
The observational study shows a dose-response effect, researchers say.
