Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2021, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (5): 705-708.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2021.05.025

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Clinical feature and risk factors of elderly patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases and concomitant coronary heart disease

Ma Shangji, Zheng Yang, Chen Xufeng, et al   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, 904th Hospital,the Joint Logistics Support Force, People's Liberation Army, Wuxi 214000,Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2021-01-20 Published:2021-10-21

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical feature and risk factors of elderly patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) and concomitant coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods The clinical data of 186 elderly patients with NAFLD admitted to our hospital between May 2018 and June 2020 were retrospectively analyzed, and all patients underwent coronary angiography. The univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis was applied to reveal the influencing factors of CHD in elderly NAFLD patients. Results Among 186 elderly patients with NAFLD, 75 (40.3%) patients had concomitant CHD; the percentage of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking and fasting blood glucose (FPG), total blood cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, and insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) in patients with CHD were significantly different as compared to those in patients without CHD (all P <0.05); the multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the increased BMI, concomitant diabetes mellitus, high blood FPG, TC, TG, and LDL-C levels were the independent risk factors for CHD in elderly NAFLD patients (all P < 0.05). Conclusion The incidence of CHD in elderly patients with NAFLD is high, and the related risk factors should be early under surveillance and appropriately controlled to improve thequality of life in elderly patients with NAFLD.

Key words: Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases, Coronary heart disease, Clinical features, Risk factors, Elderly