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Liver Int. 2019 Dec 28. doi: 10.1111/liv.14344. [Epub ahead of print]
Hepatitis B virus activity is not associated with degree of liver steatosis in patients with Hepatitis B-related chronic liver disease.
Worland T1, Apostolov R1, Asadi K1, Leung C1.
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Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
The recently published manuscript by Zhu and colleagues "Hepatitis B virus infection and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A population-based cohort study" found no correlation between presence of chronic HBV and presence of common risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on primary analysis. A limitation to this study, like most population based research, is the absence of liver histology, which is considered gold standard for assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
METHODS:
Our group studied the association between hepatitis B viral activity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease activity as measured by grade of steatohepatitis/fibrosis on liver biopsy by analysing consecutive liver histology samples from patients with chronic hepatitis B at a single quaternary liver transplant centre.
RESULTS:
Linear regression modelling for active viral hepatitis on histologic examination against degree of steatohepatitis showed no correlation (r2 0.018, all P>0.1). Linear regression of degree of steatohepatitis versus hepatitis B viral load also showed no correlation.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our work is concordant with the manuscript from Zhu et al; we found no significant correlation between hepatitis B viral activity and degree of steatohepatitis.
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Hepatitis B; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; fatty liver
PMID:
31883410
DOI:
10.1111/liv.14344
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