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ArticleDiabetes care2024

Metabolic Syndrome Traits Increase the Risk of Major Adverse Liver Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.

Ying Shang, Emilie Toresson Grip, Angelo Modica, Helena Skröder, Oskar Ström, Fady Ntanios, Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir, Hannes Hagström

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Article in Diabetes care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. Target Trial Emulations of GLP-1 and Dual GLP-1/GIP Agonists to Reduce Major Adverse Liver Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  16. Impact of Metabolic Syndrome Traits on Kidney Disease Risk in Individuals with MASLD: A UK Biobank Study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Ying ShangDepartment of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1496-1799
Emilie Toresson GripDepartment of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Angelo ModicaPfizer AB, Stockholm, Sweden.
Helena SkröderQuantify Research, Stockholm, Sweden.
Oskar StrömDepartment of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Fady NtaniosU.S. Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY.
Soffia GudbjörnsdottirSwedish National Diabetes Register.
Hannes HagströmDepartment of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Funding

Karolinska InstitutetMag-TarmFonden, Swedish Gastroenterology SocietyPfizerThe Swedish Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveType 2 diabetes (T2D) increases the risk for major adverse liver outcomes (MALOs), including cirrhosis and its complications. Patients with T2D frequently have other traits of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). It remains uncertain whether there is a synergistic effect of accumulating MetS traits on future MALO risk. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsPatients with T2D without a history of liver disease were identified from national registers in Sweden from 1998 to 2021. MetS traits included hypertension, low HDL level, hypertriglyceridemia, obesity, and albuminuria, in addition to T2D. MALO events were identified based on administrative coding from national registers until 31 October 2022. Data were analyzed using Cox regression models.

resultsIn total, 230,992 patients were identified (median age 64 years; 58% male), of whom 3,215 (1.39%) developed MALOs over a median follow-up of 9.9 years. Compared with patients with one MetS trait (only T2D) at baseline, those with more than one MetS trait had a higher rate of MALOs (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 2.33, 95% CI 1.53-3.54). The rate of MALOs increased progressively with increasing numbers of MetS traits at baseline (aHR 1.28 per added trait, 95% CI 1.23-1.33). During follow-up, patients who acquired additional MetS traits had a progressively higher rate of MALOs. The MetS trait with the largest association with incident MALOs was hypertension (aHR 2.06, 95% CI 1.57-2.71).

conclusionsHaving or acquiring additional traits of MetS increase the rate of progression to MALOs in patients with T2D. These results could be used to inform screening initiatives for liver disease.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Metabolic SyndromeAgedFemaleHumansLiver DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSweden

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