Excess body weight, liver steatosis, and early fibrosis progression due to hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation

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摘要 AIM:ToinvestigatehowweightgainafterOLTaffectsthespeedoffibrosisprogression(SFP)duringrecurrenthepatitisCvirus(HCV)infectionofthegraft.METHODS:Ninetyconsecutivepatients(63males,medianage53years;55withHCV-relatedliverdisease),transplantedatasingleinstitution,werestudied.Allwerefollowedforatleast2yearsafterOLTandhadatleastonefollow-upgraftbiopsy,performednotearlierthan1yearafterthetransplantoperation.Foreachbiopsy,asingle,experiencedpathologistgaveanestimateofboththestagingaccordingtoIshakandthedegreeofhepaticsteatosis.TheSFPwasquantifiedinfibrosisunits/month(FU/mo).Thelipidmetabolismstatusofpatientswassummarizedbytheplasmatriglycerides/cholesterol(T/C)ratio.Bodymassindex(BMI)wasmeasuredbeforeOLT,and1and2yearsafterit.RESULTS:IntheHCVpositivegroup,thehighestSFPwasobservedinthefirstpost-OLTyear.Atthattimepoint,aSFP≤0.100FU/mowasobservedmorefrequentlyamongrecipientswhohadreceivedtheirgraftfromayoungdonorandhadapre-transplantBMIvalue>26.0kg/m2.Atcompletionofthefirstpost-transplantyear,aBMIvalue>26.5kg/m2wasassociatedwithaT/Cratio≤1.TheproportionofpatientswithSFP>0.100FU/modescendedinthefollowingorder:femalerecipientswithahighT/Cratio,malerecipientswithhighT/Cratio,andrecipientsofeithergenderwithlowT/Cratio.Hepaticsteatosiswasobservedmorefrequentlyinrecipientswho,inthefirstpost-transplantyear,hadincreasedtheirBMI≥1.5kg/m2incomparisontothepre-transplantvalue.Hepaticsteatosiswasinverselyassociatedwiththestagingscore.CONCLUSION:AmongHCVpositiverecipients,excessweightgainpost-OLTdoesnotrepresentafactorfavoringearlyliverfibrosisdevelopmentandmightevenbeprotectiveagainstit.
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出版日期 2005年12月22日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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