Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

Diabetes mellitus is a common comorbidity in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and cognitive dysfunction. The simplified Animal Naming Test (S-ANT1) has been established for detecting minimal HE (MHE). It is currently unknown whether S-ANT1 results are affected by diabetes mellitus in patients with and without cirrhosis.

Materials and methods

This study analyzed data from 268 patients with cirrhosis without signs of HE ≥ 1. MHE was defined using the psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES). All patients were also tested with S-ANT1. 14 patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot syndrome but no cirrhosis, as well as 37 healthy controls, were also tested with S-ANT1 and serve

SUBMITTER: Schleicher EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11801616 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature