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Prevalence, characteristics and severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis

Miele, Luca, Vallone, Selenia, Cefalo, Consuelo, La Torre, Giuseppe, Di Stasi, Carmine, Vecchio, Fabio M., D’Agostino, Magda, Gabrieli, Maria L. +8 more·2009·Journal of Hepatology

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Background/aims The association between NAFLD and psoriasis has never been explored in prospective epidemiological studies. The aim of this 2-phase study was to study the clinical features of NAFLD in patients with psoriasis.Methods Phase 1: Investigation of prevalence and characteristics of NAFLD in an unselected cohort of 142 adult Italian outpatients with psoriasis vulgaris. Phase 2: Comparison of the psoriasis cohort subgroup with NAFLD and an age- and body mass index-matched retrospective cohort of 125 non-psoriasis patients with biopsy proven NAFLD.Results Based on histories, laboratory tests, and ultrasound studies, 84 (59.2%) received clinical diagnosis of NAFLD; 30 had factors potentially associated with liver disease other than NAFLD (e.g., viral hepatitis, significant ethanol, methotrexate use); and 28 (19.7%) had normal livers. Comparison of the normal-liver and NAFLD subgroups revealed that NAFLD in psoriasis patients (Ps-NAFLD) was significantly correlated with metabolic syndrome (p<0.05); obesity (p=0.043); hypercholesterolemia (p=0.029); hypertriglyceridemia (p<0.001); AST/ALT ratio >1 (p=0.019), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) (p=0.036). The association with PsA remained significant after logistic regression analysis (OR=3.94 [CI, 1.07-14.46]). Compared with the retrospective non-psoriatic NAFLD cohort (controls), Ps-NAFLD patients (cases) were likely to have severe NAFLD reflected by non-invasive NAFLD Fibrosis Scores and AST/ALT >1.Conclusions NAFLD is highly prevalent among psoriasis patients, where it is closely associated with obesity (overall and abdominal), metabolic syndrome, and PsA, and more likely to cause severe liver fibrosis (compared with nonPs-NAFLD). Routine work-up for NAFLD may be warranted in patients with psoriasis, especially when potentially hepatotoxic drug therapy is being considered.

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  • The same metabolic syndrome pathway occurs in periodontitis, psoriasis, celiac disease, obesity, COPD, and rheumatoid arthritis.

    “The same pathway has also been shown to occur in paraodontitis,118 psoriasis,119 celiac disease,120 obesity,121, 122 COPD,123, 124 and rheumatoid arthritis.125”

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Miele, L., Vallone, S., Cefalo, C., La Torre, G., Di Stasi, C., Vecchio, F. M., D’Agostino, M., Gabrieli, M. L., Vero, V., Biolato, M., Pompili, M., Gasbarrini, G., Rapaccini, G., Amerio, P., De Simone, C., & Grieco, A.
Affiliations
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
Corresponding author
Grieco, Antonio
Venue
Journal of Hepatology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-10
Volume
51
Issue
4
Pages
778-786
ISSN
0168-8278 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2013886298
Cited by
249
References
39
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FWCI
8.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Journal of Hepatology (publishedVersion)
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  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Diseases and Immunity
Keywords
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, liver fibrosis, AST/ALT ratio, hepatotoxic drugs, prevalence, NAFLD severity
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Chronic Disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, Fatty Liver, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Psoriasis, Cohort Studies, Arthritis, Psoriatic, Case-Control Studies, Metabolic Syndrome, Young Adult

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