Association between barium exposure and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in U.S. adults.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q4 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.51821/86.2.11336

G Maodong, S Xin, J Luo

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Abstract

Background and aims: There are very limited studies that have investigated the influence of environmental barium exposure on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the general adult population. The purpose of the present paper was to examine any correlation between urinary barium levels (UBLs) and the risk of NAFLD.

Patients and methods: A total of 4,556 participants aged ≥ 20 years were recruited from the National Health and Nutritional Survey. NAFLD was defined as the U.S. fatty liver index (USFLI) ≥ 30 in the absence of other chronic liver disease. Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to inspect the correlation between UBLs and the risk of NAFLD.

Results: The outcome of adjusting covariates revealed a positive correlation between the natural log -transformed UBLs (Ln-UBLs) and the risk of NAFLD (OR: 1.24, 95%CI: 1.12-1.37, P<0.001). After dividing Ln-UBLs into quartiles, the participants in the highest quartile exhibited a 1.65-fold (95% CI: 1.26-2.15) increased likelihood of having NAFLD in contrast with the bottom quartile in the full model, and a distinct trend across the quartiles could be found (P for trend<0.001). Moreover, in the interaction analyses, it was further observed that the association between Ln-UBLs and NAFLD was modified by gender and was noticeably more pronounced in males (P for interaction =0.003).

Conclusions: Our findings provided evidence of a positive correlation between UBLs and the prevalence of NAFLD. Furthermore, this association changed across gender and was more pronounced in males. Nevertheless, our finding requires further confirmation with prospective cohort studies in the future.

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美国成年人钡暴露与非酒精性脂肪肝的关系

背景和目的:研究环境钡暴露对普通成年人非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)影响的研究非常有限。本文的目的是检查尿钡水平(UBLs)与NAFLD风险之间的相关性。患者和方法:从国家健康和营养调查中招募了4556名年龄≥20岁的参与者。NAFLD定义为在没有其他慢性肝病的情况下，美国脂肪肝指数(USFLI)≥30。采用多因素logistic回归检验UBLs与NAFLD风险之间的相关性。结果:调整协变量的结果显示，自然对数转化的UBLs (Ln-UBLs)与NAFLD风险呈正相关(OR: 1.24, 95%CI: 1.12-1.37)。结论:我们的研究结果提供了UBLs与NAFLD患病率呈正相关的证据。此外，这种关联在性别上有所不同，在男性中更为明显。然而，我们的发现需要在未来的前瞻性队列研究中进一步证实。

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Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica Medicine-Gastroenterology

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2.30

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20.00%

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