The association of fatty pancreas with subclinical atherosclerosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease


Ozturk K., Dogan T., Celikkanat S., Ozen A., Demirci H., Kurt O., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY, cilt.30, sa.4, ss.411-417, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/meg.0000000000001059
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.411-417
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: arterial stiffness, atherosclerosis, fatty pancreas, BETA-CELL FUNCTION, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, VASCULAR DAMAGE, GLUCOSE, PROGRESSION, POPULATION, MECHANISMS, PLASMA, MODEL
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

IntroductionEctopic fat accumulation in many tissues has been shown to be a risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease. No study to date has investigated whether fatty pancreas plays a role in the development of subclinical atherosclerosis. We aimed to assess the relationship between fatty pancreas and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and healthy controls.Patients and methodsOne hundred patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and 38 healthy controls were included. Transabdominal ultrasonography examination was performed on all the cases with high-resolution ultrasonography (Acuson S3000) using 6mHz convex probes. The measurements of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) were performed to investigate the relationship between fatty pancreas and atherosclerosis.ResultsThe rate of newly diagnosed DM and prediabetes in the NAFLD patients was 6 and 21%, respectively. Most of the patients with NAFLD (97%) were found to have an increased echogenicity of the pancreas at ultrasound examination. Grade of fatty pancreas was correlated positively with cf-PWV levels (P<0.05), whereas no correlation was found with CIMT (P>0.05). The presence of fatty pancreas was associated significantly with higher CIMT and cf-PWV levels (P<0.05). The results for cf-PWV and CIMT did not remain significant after adjustment for confounding factors. Although the levels of cf-PWV and CIMT increased with increasing grade of fatty pancreas, there was no significant association.ConclusionWe have shown for the first time that fatty pancreas is a contributing factor for the development of atherosclerosis in patients with NAFLD. This study also confirms the strong association between NAFLD and fatty pancreas.