| Title: | Association between metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a disease trajectory analysis in UK Biobank |
| Journal: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
| Published: | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40607218/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1585725 |
| URL: | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2025.1585725/pdf |
Publication 16295
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Abstract
Objective: While metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has been associated with individual cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs), its role in the dynamic progression to cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM) remains unclear. We investigated the association of MAFLD, its severity and subtypes with CMM in individuals with no or one CMD at baseline.</p>
Methods: This prospective cohort study involved 386,651 individuals (344,415 without and 42,236 with a single CMD at baseline) from the UK Biobank. MAFLD was defined as the presence of hepatic steatosis plus overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), or metabolic abnormalities. CMM was defined as the coexistence of two or more CMDs in the same person, including T2D, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. Cox proportional hazard models and multistate models were performed to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).</p>
Results: During a median follow-up of 13.85 years, 4,622 new-onset CMM cases emerged among participants free of CMD at baseline. MAFLD was significantly associated with an increased risk of incident CMM (adjusted HR: 2.78, 95% CI: 2.60-2.96). Multistate models showed that MAFLD adversely affected most transitions from baseline to single CMDs and then to CMM. Among the single-CMD participants, the adjusted HRs of incident CMM in the MAFLD group were 1.21 (95% CI: 1.13-1.31) for T2D patients, 1.90 (1.75-2.05) for CHD patients, and 1.65 (1.45-1.87) for stroke patients, respectively.</p>
Conclusion: MAFLD independently elevated the risk of incident CMM, regardless of the baseline CMD status. These findings emphasize the necessity of targeted MAFLD interventions for CMM prevention.</p>
18 Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Biological Specimen Banks
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Coronary Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Fatty Liver
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multimorbidity
- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- UK Biobank
- United Kingdom
8 Authors
- Yaqian Gao
- Jianjun Yao
- Suyi Liu
- Song Yin
- Zhenyu Jia
- Yueqing Huang
- Chunhua Zhao
- Dingliu He
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 104283 | Identification of shared risk factors and gene-environment interactions for cardiometabolic diseases and cardiometabolic multimorbidity |
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