A new study, presented at UEG Week 2023, has discovered a significant connection between birthweight and the onset of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), in young people.
, has discovered a significant connection between birthweight and the onset of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease , in young people. Most notably, babies with a low birthweight were found to be four times more likely to develop MASLD in childhood, adolescence or young adulthood.
In addition, the researchers found that individuals with a low birthweight, or those born as SGA, had an up to ~6-fold higher relative risk of developing more severe stages of MASLD in the form of liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. Amidst escalating rates of obesity, MASLD has become the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. In Europe alone, it is estimated to affect over 25% of adults, and its prevalence is increasing among obese or overweight. It has also emerged as one of the fastest growing causes of end-stage liver disease, primary liver cancer and liver transplantation. However, only few will experience progression of the disease.
"By linking several nationwide registers such as the Swedish Medical Birth Register, we were able to gather detailed data on maternal factors and perinatal characteristics and to adjust for multiple confounders," says Jonas F Ludvigsson, the study's supervisor and pediatrician at Örebro University Hospital and professor at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet.
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