Clinical patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A multicenter prospective study
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · University of Bologna · +4 more institutions
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and may evolve into hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Only scanty clinical information is available on HCC in NAFLD. The aim of this multicenter observational prospective study was to assess the clinical features of patients with NAFLD-related HCC (NAFLD-HCC) and to compare them to those of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related HCC. A total of 756 patients with either NAFLD (145) or HCV-related chronic liver disease (611) were enrolled in secondary care Italian centers. Survival was modeled according to clinical parameters, lead-time bias, and propensity analysis. Compared to HCV, HCC in NAFLD patients had a…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 30.60
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 30
Authors
8- FPFabio Piscaglia
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, University of Bologna
- GSGianluca Svegliati‐Baroni
Marche Polytechnic University
- ABAndrea Barchetti
Fondazione Italiana Fegato
- APAnna Pecorelli
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, University of Bologna
- SMSara Marinelli
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, University of Bologna
Topics & keywords
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Gastroenterology
- Cirrhosis
- Fatty liver
- Confounding
- Good health and well-being