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Liver Fibrosis, but No Other Histologic Features, Is Associated With Long-term Outcomes of Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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Background & aims Histologic analysis of liver biopsy specimens allows for grading and staging of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We performed a longitudinal study to investigate the long-term prognostic relevance of histologic features for patients with NAFLD.Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of 619 patients diagnosed with NAFLD from 1975 through 2005 at medical centers in the United States, Europe, and Thailand. Patients underwent laboratory and biopsy analyses, and were examined every 3-12 months after their diagnosis. Outcomes analyzed were overall mortality, liver transplantation, and liver-related events. Cumulative outcomes were compared by log-rank analysis. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs). Time at risk was determined from the date of liver biopsy to the date of outcome or last follow-up examination.Results Over a median follow-up period of 12.6 years (range, 0.3-35.1 y), 193 of the patients (33.2%) died or underwent liver transplantation. Features of liver biopsies significantly associated with death or liver transplantation included fibrosis stage 1 (HR, 1.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.28-2.77), stage 2 (HR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.93-4.33), stage 3 (HR, 3.76; 95% CI, 2.40-5.89), and stage 4 (HR, 10.9; 95% CI, 6.06-19.62) compared with stage 0, as well as age (HR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.05-1.08), diabetes (HR, 1.61; 95% CI, 1.13-2.30), current smoking (HR, 2.62; 95% CI, 1.67-4.10), and statin use (HR, 0.32; 95% CI, 0.14-0.70). Twenty-six patients (4.2%) developed liver-related events; fibrosis stage 3 (HR, 14.2; 95% CI, 3.38-59.68) and stage 4 (HR, 51.5; 95% CI, 9.87-269.2) compared with stage 0, were associated significantly with the events. Patients with fibrosis, regardless of steatohepatitis or NAFLD activity score, had shorter survival times than patients without fibrosis.Conclusions In a longitudinal study of patients with NAFLD, fibrosis stage, but no other histologic features of steatohepatitis, were associated independently with long-term overall mortality, liver transplantation, and liver-related events.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Angulo, P., Kleiner, D. E., Dam-Larsen, S., Adams, L. A., Bjornsson, E. S., Charatcharoenwitthaya, P., Mills, P. R., Keach, J. C., Lafferty, H. D., Stahler, A., Haflidadottir, S., & Bendtsen, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky HealthCare (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Siriraj Hospital (TH)
- Gartnavel General Hospital (GB)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Kleiner, David E.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Gastroenterology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 149
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 389-397.e10
- ISSN
- 0016-5085 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4516664
- OpenAlex
- W1964572117
- Cited by
- 2,987
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 188 · 2025: 219 · 2024: 262 · 2023: 339 · 2022: 346 · 2021: 364 · 2020: 374 · 2019: 270 · 2018: 233 · 2017: 204 · 2016: 139 · 2015: 36
- FWCI
- 159.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Gastroenterology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Hirsla (Landspítali University Hospital) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01 DK82426)
- National Cancer Institute (R01 DK82426)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Diseases and Immunity
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Keywords
- non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis, histologic staging, prognosis, liver transplantation, mortality, liver-related events, liver biopsy, diabetes mellitus, smoking, statin use, liver histopathology, long-term outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Biopsy, Diabetes Mellitus, Europe, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Liver, Liver Cirrhosis, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Smoking, Thailand, Time Factors, United States, Liver Transplantation, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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