Predictive markers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in lean patients. A multinomial regression model and a 2k factorial analysis

Emma Purón-González, Arnulfo González-Cantú, Edgar Ulises Coronado-Alejandro, Oswaldo Enrique Sánchez-Dávila, Héctor Cobos-Aguilar, Maria Elena Romero-Ibarguengoitia

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    Abstract

    Objective Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with obesity and insulin resistance; however, there is a group of non-obese patients with NAFLD that need to be characterized. Our aim was to evaluate the factors associated with NAFLD in non-obese subjects in a third-level hospital. Methods A comparative cross-sectional study was performed. Participants were divided into four groups: non-obese without NAFLD (group 1), non-obese with NAFLD (group 2), obese without NAFLD (group 3), and obese with NAFLD (group 4). We evaluated the effect of clinical and biochemical characteristics with the disease by groups using a multinomial regression model and a 2K factorial analysis. Results We included 278 participants. Low platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as a novel parameter associated with NAFLD in non-obese subjects. Age, uric acid, alanine transaminase (ALT), high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were other related parameters (akaike information criterion = 557). NLR had the larger OR in groups with NAFLD (lean with NAFLD 7.12, obese with NAFLD 13.02). The 2k factorial design found inverse effect on PLR by NAFLD (effect -21.89, P < 0.001), which was higher than BMI (effect -1.33, P < 0.045). Conclusion Our study found that PLR is a novel parameter with inverse correlation with NAFLD in non-obese patients. Other related parameters are age, hyperuricemia, elevation of ALT and NLR, and low HDL-cholesterol.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1316-1321
    Number of pages6
    JournalEuropean Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume33
    Issue number10
    Early online date28 Aug 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2021

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    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Hepatology
    • Gastroenterology

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