Associations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposures and metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in adult National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017 to 2018.

ABSTRACT: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants previously associated with elevated liver enzymes in human cohorts and steatotic liver disease in animal models. We aimed to evaluate the associations between PFAS exposures, and liver enzymes and vibration controlled transient elastography (VCTE) biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in adult National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017 to 2018. VCTE was determined by FibroScan. Serum PFAS (n = 14), measured by mass spectrometry, were analyzed individually and by principal component (PC). Univariate and multivariable associations were determined between PFAS exposures and liver disease outcome variables: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), controlled attenuat

SUBMITTER: Samala N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11514833 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature