Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35934813›Full record

ReviewClinical and molecular hepatology2022

Impact of diabetes, obesity, and dyslipidemia on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver diseases.

Hwang Sik Shin, Baek Gyu Jun, Sang-Wook Yi

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Review in Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hwang Sik ShinDepartment of Family Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Baek Gyu JunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sang-Wook YiDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea.
Catholic Kwandong University · KRInje University Sanggye Paik Hospital · KRSoonchunhyang University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the increasing prevalence of metabolic disorders, the potential effects of metabolic factors on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in individuals with chronic liver diseases (CLDs) are not well understood. For a metabolic factor to be identified as a risk factor for HCC in patients with CLDs, such as hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, there should be a strong synergistic interaction between the carcinogenic mechanisms of the metabolic factor and the CLD itself. This review aims to comprehensively summarize the published data on the relationship between metabolic factors such as diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity, and blood lipids and the risk of HCC in patients with CLDs. DM consistently increases the risk of HCC in patients with CLD. When associated with DM, the risk of HCC seems to be highest in HCV and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), followed by alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and HBV. Obesity may increase the risk of HCC. Among CLDs, the evidence is relatively consistent and clear for ALD, while clear evidence is limited in other CLDs including HBV, HCV, and NAFLD. Total cholesterol, potentially low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride, seems to have strong inverse associations with HCC in individuals with CLDs. Despite evidence from observational studies, statins had no effect in preventing HCC in randomized controlled trials. Whether statins have a preventive effect against HCC is unclear. A better understanding and management of metabolic factors may be beneficial to reduce the risk of HCC in patients with CLDs.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularDiabetes MellitusDyslipidemiasHepatitis CHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLiver Diseases, AlcoholicLiver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseCholesterolHepacivirusHumansLipoproteins, LDLObesityRisk FactorsTriglyceridesCholesterolHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsLipoproteins, LDLTriglyceridesDiabetes mellitusDyslipidemiasHepatocellular carcinomaObesity

Identifiers

PMID35934813
PMCPMC9597232
OpenAlexW4290564849

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