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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.121, No.5, p.348–351,2020

Title: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease increases the prevalence of maintenance haemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease
Author: Y. C. Lu, C. Y. Hsu

Abstract: AIM: To investigate the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and incidence of maintenance haemodialysis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
METHODS: We enrolled patients diagnosed with CKD between 2001 and 2007. The patients were categorized into two groups based on abdominal ultrasound finding, namely those with NAFLD and those without NAFLD. The disease (maintenance haemodialysis)-free survival rate was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses was used to evaluate the hazard ratios of covariates for the incidence of maintenance haemodialysis.
RESULTS: A total of 161 patients (61 with NAFLD and 100 without NAFLD) were enrolled. The mean age was 69.3 years. The mean follow-up was 7.4 years. The patients with NAFLD had an increased incidence of maintenance haemodialysis (39.3 % vs 24.0 %; p=0.0396) and inferior disease-free survival rate (p=0.006). Furthermore, diabetes (p=0.0126) and proteinuria (p=0.0003) were identified as significant predictors of CKD progression.
CONCLUSION: NAFLD was associated with an increased incidence of maintenance haemodialysis and inferior disease-free survival rate. NAFLD may impair renal function and patients with renal impairment should be monitored carefully (Tab. 3, Fig. 1, Ref. 25)

Keywords: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, haemodialysis, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria
Published online: 04-May-2020
Year: 2020, Volume: 121, Issue: 5 Page From: 348, Page To: 351
doi:10.4149/BLL_2020_055


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