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Lack of association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and intracerebral hemorrhage: A community-based cohort study
First author：Jianwei Wu
Corresponding author：Xingquan Zhao
essential_information
- Person in charge：Jianwei Wu
- Data Sources： Kailuan Study
- Number of papers：KAILUAN STUDY20230174
- Published time：2023-10-11
2023-10-11
Published articles
Journal：JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Publication type: Original Contributions
IF(IF): 2
PMID: 37832266 Link To Pubmed Full text Download
Background And Purpose
The association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether NAFLD and its severity predict incident ICH.
Method
Participants free of other liver diseases, prior stroke, myocardial infarction, cancer, or alcohol abuse in the Kailuan cohort were enrolled in this study. Abdominal ultrasonography was used to diagnose NAFLD and assess its severity. Participants were stratified into different groups including nonfatty liver, mild, moderate and severe NAFLD. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to evaluate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs of ICH events in the 11-year follow-up.
Conclusion
NAFLD and its severity did not appear to be significantly associated with ICH after adjustment for potential risk factors.
Main results
A total of 77,461 participants were enrolled in our study. Among them, NAFLD was diagnosed in 23,890 (30.83 %) participants, including 15,581 (20.11 %) with mild NAFLD, 6839 (8.83 %) with moderate NAFLD and 1470 (1.90 %) with severe NAFLD. We documented 692 ICH events during 848,579 person years of follow-up. Patients with more severe NAFLD tended to be older, had higher levels of BMI, higher proportions of hypertension, diabetes and other known risk factors for cerebrovascular disease. However, there was no significant associations between NAFLD, its severity and incident ICH events. Relative to nonfatty liver participants, the HRs for participants with mild NAFLD, moderate and severe NAFLD were 0.98 (95 % CI, 0.80 to 1.20), 1.19 (95 % CI, 0.92 to 1.54) and 1.29 (95 % CI, 0.81 to 2.06), respectively.