Pitisuttithum, Panyavee and Chan, Wah Kheong and Goh, George Boon Bee and Fan, Jian Gao and Song, Myeong Jun and Charatcharoenwitthaya, Phunchai and Duseja, Ajay and Dan, Yock Young and Imajo, Kento and Nakajima, Atsushi and Ho, Khek Yu and Goh, Khean Lee and Wong, Vincent Wai Sun and Treeprasertsuk, Sombat (2020) Gamma-glutamyl transferase and cardiovascular risk in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: The Gut and Obesity Asia initiative. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 26 (19). pp. 2416-2426. ISSN 1007-9327, DOI https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v26.i19.2416.
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BACKGROUND: Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population. AIM: To identify the association of baseline GGT level and QRISK2 score among patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS: This was a retrospective study involving 1535 biopsy-proven NAFLD patients from 10 Asian centers in 8 countries using data collected by the Gut and Obesity in Asia (referred to as "GO ASIA") workgroup. All patients with available baseline GGT levels and all 16 variables for the QRISK2 calculation (QRISK2-2017; developed by researchers at the United Kingdom National Health Service; https://qrisk.org/2017/; 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation) were included and compared to healthy controls with the same age, sex, and ethnicity. Relative risk was reported. QRISK2 score > 10% was defined as the high-CVD-risk group. Fibrosis stages 3 and 4 (F3 and F4) were considered advanced fibrosis. RESULTS: A total of 1122 patients (73%) had complete data and were included in the final analysis; 314 (28%) had advanced fibrosis. The median age (interquartile range [IQR]) of the study population was 53 (44-60) years, 532 (47.4%) were females, and 492 (43.9%) were of Chinese ethnicity. The median 10-year CVD risk (IQR) was 5.9% (2.6-10.9), and the median relative risk of CVD over 10 years (IQR) was 1.65 (1.13-2.2) compared to healthy individuals with the same age, sex, and ethnicity. The high-CVD-risk group was significantly older than the low-risk group (median [IQR]: 63 [59-67] vs 49 [41-55] years; P < 0.001). Higher fibrosis stages in biopsy-proven NAFLD patients brought a significantly higher CVD risk (P < 0.001). Median GGT level was not different between the two groups (GGT [U/L]: Median [IQR], high risk 60 [37-113] vs low risk 66 [38-103], P = 0.56). There was no correlation between baseline GGT level and 10-year CVD risk based on the QRISK2 score (r = 0.02). CONCLUSION: The CVD risk of NAFLD patients is higher than that of healthy individuals. Baseline GGT level cannot predict CVD risk in NAFLD patients. However, advanced fibrosis is a predictor of a high CVD risk. ©The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cardiovascular risk; Gamma glutamyl transferase; Gut and Obesity in Asia; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; QRISK |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2020 06:57 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2020 06:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25395 |
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