Risk of liver dysfunction and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases in people with hidradenitis suppurativa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world evidences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, evidences with high evidence-level evaluating the association between liver diseases and hidradenitis suppurativa was lacking. Given that inconsistency exists in some of the previous observational studies, evaluating the prevalence of liver diseases in HS patients could potentially serve as a reference of future guidelines for HS comorbidity screening. The aim of the current study was to evaluate potential association between hidradenitis suppurativa and liver diseases and provide integrated evidences.

Methods

A search in PubMed, Web of Science and Embase based on the syntaxes ''hidradenitis suppurativa'' or ''acne inversa'' with "comorbidities", "liver diseases", "fatty liver" or "hepatitis" was performed. Observational studies evaluating epidemiological

SUBMITTER: Gau SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9794989 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature