Fatty Liver Index Independently Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis but No Substantial Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated whether the fatty liver index (FLI) could predict all-cause mortality and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) during follow-up in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) without substantial liver disease.

Methods

The medical records of 75 AAV patients with AAV were retrospectively reviewed. An equation for the FLI is as follows: FLI = (e^{0.953×loge(triglycerides)+0.139×BMI+0.718×loge(GGT)+0.053×waistcircumference-15.745})/(1 + e^{0.953×loge(triglycerides)+0.139×BMI+0.718×loge(GGT)+0.053×waistcircumference-15.745}) × 100. The cut-offs of the FLI were obtained using the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.

Results

The mean age at AAV diagnosis was 59.1 years and

SUBMITTER: Park PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9259888 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature