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Evolutionary changes in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: A nationwide cohort study.
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Clinical and molecular hepatology [Clin Mol Hepatol] 2024 Jul; Vol. 30 (3), pp. 487-499. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 07. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background/aims: To determine the association between evolutionary changes in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) status and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a nationwide population-based cohort.<br />Methods: Information on study participants was derived from the Korea National Health Insurance Service database. The study population consisted of 5,080,410 participants who underwent two consecutive biennial health screenings between 2009 and 2012. All participants were followed up until HCC, death, or 31 December 2020. The association of evolutionary changes in MASLD status, as assessed by the fatty liver index and cardiometabolic risk factors, including persistent non-MASLD, resolved MASLD, incident MASLD, and persistent MASLD, with HCC risk was evaluated using multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression.<br />Results: Among the 5,080,410 participants with 39,910,331 person-years of follow-up, 4,801 participants developed HCC. The incidence of HCC in participants with resolved, incident, and persistent MASLD was approximately 2.2-, 2.3-, and 4.7-fold higher, respectively, than that in those with persistent non-MASLD among the Korean adult population. When stratifying the participants according to the evolutionary change in MASLD status, persistent (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 2.94; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.68-3.21; P<0.001), incident (aHR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.63-2.10; P<0.001), and resolved MASLD (aHR, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.18-1.50; P<0.001) had an increased risk of HCC compared to persistent non-MASLD.<br />Conclusion: The evolutionary changes in MASLD were associated with the differential risk of HCC independent of metabolic risk factors and concomitant medications, providing additional information on the risk of HCC stratification in patients with MASLD.
- Subjects :
- Humans
Male
Female
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Republic of Korea epidemiology
Adult
Incidence
Proportional Hazards Models
Fatty Liver complications
Fatty Liver diagnosis
Aged
Cohort Studies
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular diagnosis
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular complications
Liver Neoplasms diagnosis
Liver Neoplasms pathology
Liver Neoplasms complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2287-285X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical and molecular hepatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38711390
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2024.0145