Incremental value of blood-based markers of liver fibrosis in cardiovascular risk stratification

• Verfasst von: Georgiopoulos, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Athanasopoulos, Stavros [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mavraganis, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Konstantaki, Christina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Papaioannou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Delialis, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Angelidakis, Lasthenis [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sachse, Marco [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Papoutsis, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Cavlan, Beyzan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Tual-Chalot, Simon [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zervas, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sopova, Kateryna [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Mitrakou, Asimina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Stellos, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Stamatelopoulos, Kimon [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Incremental value of blood-based markers of liver fibrosis in cardiovascular risk stratification
• Verf.angabe: Georgios Georgiopoulos, Stavros Athanasopoulos, Georgios Mavraganis, Christina Konstantaki, Maria Papaioannou, Dimitrios Delialis, Lasthenis Angelidakis, Marco Sachse, Dimitrios Papoutsis, Beyza Cavlan, Simon Tual-Chalot, Georgios Zervas, Kateryna Sopova, Asimina Mitrakou, Konstantinos Stellos, and Kimon Stamatelopoulos
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 13 S.
• Fussnoten: Online veröffentlicht: 11 September 2024 ; Gesehen am 14.01.2025
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism
• Ort Quelle: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1941
• Jahr Quelle: 2024
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2024), Artikel-ID dgae619, Seite 1-13
• ISSN Quelle: 1945-7197
• DOI: doi:10.1210/clinem/dgae619
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1914535162

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with advanced liver fibrosis is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD).This work aimed to examine if markers of vascular injury mediate the link between liver fibrosis noninvasive tests (LFNITs) and CVD events, and to compare the incremental predictive value of LFNITs over established CVD risk scores.Consecutively recruited individuals (n = 1692) with or without clinically overt coronary artery disease (CAD) from the Athens Cardiometabolic Cohort, were analyzed. Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4), NAFLD Fibrosis score (NFS), and BARD score were evaluated for direct and indirect associations with indices of subclinical arterial injury including carotid maximal wall thickness (maxWT) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) and with a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) that consisted of cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, or coronary revascularization (39-month median follow-up).FIB-4 was the only LFNIT that was consistently associated with multiple markers of vascular injury, irrespective of CAD presence and after controlling for traditional risk factors, surrogates of insulin resistance, or obesity (adjusted P < .05 for all). FIB-4 was also independently associated with CAD presence (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 6.55; 3.48-12.3; P < .001). Increased FIB-4 greater than 2.67 was incrementally associated with an increased risk for MACE (OR [95% CI] 2.00 [1.12-3.55], ΔAUC [95% CI] 0.014 [0.002-0.026]). These associations were mediated by maxWT rather than PWV. Only FIB-4 (>3.25) was independently and incrementally associated with all-cause mortality (adjusted P < 0.05).In a cardiometabolically diverse population, the incremental associations of LFNITs with CVD outcomes were mediated by atherosclerotic burden rather than arterial stiffening. FIB-4 consistently demonstrated associations with all study end points. These findings provide mechanistic insights and support the clinical applicability of FIB-4 in CVD prevention.