Assessment of metabolic abnormalities and their relations to disease severity in non-diabetic patients with Metabolic dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).

Ahmed, Hebatullah Salah; Abo EL-Einin Khattab, Mahmoud Mahmoud; Mady, Ahmed Mohammed; Abdel-Bary, Fawzeya Mohammed; Mohamed, Elham Ahmed; Abdelalem, Emad Allam

doi:10.21608/mjmr.2025.360369.1909

Assessment of metabolic abnormalities and their relations to disease severity in non-diabetic patients with Metabolic dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).

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¹ internal medicine department, faculty of medicine, Minia university

² Professor of internal medicine and hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia university, Egypt.

³ Lecturer in internal medicine and hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia university, Egypt

⁴ Associated Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt.

⁵ Professor of clinical pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Egypt

10.21608/mjmr.2025.360369.1909

Abstract

Background: Currently, Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has an upgrowing incidence globally with increased both hepatic and non-hepatic morbidities. All morbidities are linked to advanced fibrosis stages. Prompt assessment of fibrosis stage is MASLD is crucial.

Aim of the work: to evaluate metabolic abnormalities (insulin resistance & dyslipidemia) in MASLD and their relation to hepatic fibrosis.

Methods: This study is a case control study. All patients were recruited from Minia University Hospital’s Hepatology and Gastroenterology outpatient clinic. 50 MASLD patients were included and 50 healthy individuals (as a control group). Clinical examination and body mass index assessment, basic laboratory investigations, metabolic parameters (HOMA-IR, lipid profile) and NFS was calculated. MASLD patients were divided according to fibrosis stage by NFS in 3 subgroups: low score, intermediate and high score.

Results: MASLD patients showed significantly higher HOMA-IR (6.27 ± 2.2) than control group (0.8 ±0.47) (p <0.001). Also, significantly higher TG, TC, LDL-C values were observed in MASLD patients. High fibrosis score subgroup had significantly higher BMI, HOMA-IR. NFS had significant positive correlation with BMI (r =0.6), TG (r =0.3), HOMA-IR (r =0.29).

Conclusion: We concluded that assessment of HOMA-IR and lipid profile is valuable in determination of fibrosis stage in MASLD patients.

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