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Primary biliary cholangitis with metabolic associated fatty liver disease: Clinical features and risk factors

DOI: 10.12449/JCH240815
Research funding:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (82160801);

Yunnan Province Famous Doctor Project (Yunrenweifa(2020)20);

Yunnan Province Famous Doctor Project (RLMY20200015);

Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology-Applied Basic Research Joint Special Fund Project (2018FE001(-214))

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  • Corresponding author: LI Wu, liwukm@qq.com (ORCID: 0000-0002-1222-3629)
  • Received Date: 2023-04-22
  • Accepted Date: 2023-05-18
  • Published Date: 2024-08-25
  •   Objective  To investigate the clinical features and risk factors of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) comorbid with metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and the interaction between the two diseases.  Methods  A total of 187 patients who were diagnosed with PBC, MAFLD, or PBC with MAFLD in The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University from January 2019 to December 2022 were enrolled and divided into PBC group with 70 patients, PBC+MAFLD group with 38 patients, and MAFLD group with 79 patients. Related data were collected, including general information, clinical symptoms, serological parameters, transient elastography (FibroScan), and non-invasive fibrosis markers, which were compared between the three groups. A one-way analysis of variance or the Kruskal-Wallis H test was used for comparison of continuous data between groups, the chi-square test or the Fisher’s exact test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups, and the binary Logistic regression analysis was used for multivariate analysis.  Results  There were significant differences between the three groups in sex, age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and history of autoimmune diseases (P<0.05). In the PBC+MAFLD group, female patients accounted for 89.5%, with a mean age of 57.26±12.72 years and a BMI of 23.35±3.70 kg/m2, and in the PBC group, the detection rate of autoimmune diseases was 25.7% (18 patients). There were significant differences between the three groups in the incidence rates of weakness, poor appetite, pruritus, jaundice, varices, ascites, and splenomegaly (all P<0.05). The PBC+MAFLD group had the common symptoms of weakness in 18 patients (47.4%), poor appetite in 15 patients (39.5%), abdominal pain in 14 patients (36.8%), and abdominal distension in 16 patients (42.1%); the MAFLD group had the common symptoms of abdominal pain in 34 patients (43%) and abdominal distension in 32 patients (40.5%); the PBC group had the common symptoms of weakness in 37 patients (52.9%), poor appetite in 25 patients (35.7%), jaundice in 25 patients (35.7%), abdominal pain in 18 patients (25.7%), abdominal distension in 25 patients (35.7%), varices in 19 patients (27.9%), ascites in 23 patients (32.9%), and splenomegaly in 44 patients (62.9%). The PBC+MAFLD group had a controlled attenuation parameter (CAP), which was higher than that of the PBC group, and the PBC group had significantly higher levels of liver stiffness measurement, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) than the MAFLD group (all P<0.05). The factors without multicollinearity were included in the regression analysis, and with the PBC group as the reference group, FIB-4 (odds ratio [OR]=0.218, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.069 ‍—‍ 0.633, P<0.05) and history of autoimmune diseases (OR=0.229, 95%CI: 0.067‍ — ‍0.810, P<0.05) were influencing factors for the onset of PBC with MAFLD; with the MAFLD group as the reference group, ALT (OR=0.157, 95%CI: 0.025‍ —‍ ‍1.000, P<0.05) and TBil (OR=0.995, 95%CI: 0.990‍‍ — ‍0.999, P<0.05) were influencing factors for the onset of PBC with MAFLD.  Conclusion  PBC with MAFLD lacks specific clinical manifestations, and PBC patients tend to have more severe clinical manifestations and a higher incidence rate of liver function decompensation. PBC comorbid with MAFLD may not aggravate the disease progression of PBC.

     

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