SynthesisBMJ open2020
Systematic review of the impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on mortality and adverse clinical outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease.
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- Pooled it
- Inositol and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review on Deficiencies and Supplementation.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Creatinine-to-body weight ratio as an independent predictor of hepatic steatosis severity in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a cross-sectional study.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- The risk factors for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Saudi Arabia.Saudi medical journal · 2025Article
- Therapeutic potential of Lactobacillus casei and Chlorella vulgaris in high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)-associated kidney damages: a stereological study.Molecular biology reports · 2024Article
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- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in diabetes mellitus patients on chronic hemodialysis - A case series addressing cardiovascular and mortality risks.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2023Article
- Modelling kidney outcomes based on MELD eras - impact of MELD score in renal endpoints after liver transplantation.BMC nephrology · 2022Article
- Unconjugated p-cresol activates macrophage macropinocytosis leading to increased LDL uptake.JCI insight · 2021Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate if non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) impacts mortality and adverse outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
designSystematic review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched up to 1 February 2020 with no restriction on the earliest date. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Observational cohort studies that reported either the risk of all-cause mortality, incidence of non-fatal cardiovascular events (CVE) or progression of kidney disease among adults with established CKD who have NAFLD compared with those without. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two reviewers extracted data and assessed bias independently.
resultsOf 2604 records identified, 3 studies were included (UK (n=852), South Korea (n=1525) and USA (n=1413)). All were judged to have a low or moderate risk of bias. Data were insufficient for meta-analysis. Two studies examined the influence of NAFLD on all-cause mortality. One reported a significant positive association for NAFLD with all-cause mortality for individuals with CKD (p<0.05) (cardiovascular-related mortality p=ns), which was lost following adjustment for metabolic risk factors; the second reported no effect in adjusted and unadjusted models. The latter was the only study to report outcomes for non-fatal CVEs and observed NAFLD to be an independent risk factor for this (propensity-matched HR=2.00, p=0.02). Two studies examined CKD progression; in one adjusted rate of percentage decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate per year was found to be increased in those with NAFLD (p=0.002), whereas the other found no significant difference.
conclusionsFew studies have examined the influence of NAFLD on prognosis and major adverse clinical outcomes within the CKD population. The studies identified were diverse in design and results were conflicting. This should be a focus for future research as both conditions continue to rise in prevalence and have end-stage events associated with significant health and economic costs. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020166508.
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