Clinical significance of muscle visceral ratio in patients with type 2 diabetes complicated with nonalcoholic fatty liver
ZHANG Fan, SU Xiaoyou, XU Jing, ZHENG Chao
Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
ZHANG Fan,SU Xiaoyou,XU Jing, et al. Clinical significance of muscle visceral ratio in patients with type 2 diabetes complicated with nonalcoholic fatty liver[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2020, 50(2): 135-140.
Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the muscle fat ratio in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods: A total of 394 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from April to August 2017 were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into two groups: complicated NAFLD group (n=159) and uncomplicated NAFLD group (n=235). The clinical date such as skeletal muscle mass, visceral fat area, blood glucose, blood lipid were compared between the two groups. Pearson correlation analysis was for analyzing the relationship between muscle fat ratio and metabolic risk factors, multivariate logistic regression for the effect of muscle fat ratio on the development of NAFLD, and ROC curve for the predictive value of muscle fat ratio for NAFLD. Results: Compared with uncomplicated NAFLD group, body mass, body mass index, waist circumference, visceral fat area, body fat percentage, diastolic blood pressure, blood uric acid, glycated hemoglobin level, TC and TG were significantly higher in complicated NAFLD group, while muscle fat ratio and limb skeletal muscle mass lower (P<0.05). Pearson correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between muscle fat ratio and body mass index, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressure in the male group (r=
-0.365, -0.437, -0.117, P<0.01), and a negative correlation between muscle fat ratio and body mass index and waist circumference in the female group (r=-0.190, -0.212, P<0.01). Multivariate analysis revealed that muscle fat ratio was an independent risk factor for NAFLD in female with type 2 diabetes (OR=4.21, 95%CI=1.31-13.52, P=0.016). ROC curve analysis showed that the area under AUC curve of male group and female group was 0.66 and 0.63 respectively. Conclusion: The level of muscle fat ratio is closely related to the occurrence of NAFLD in type 2 diabetic patients, which can serve as an important reference index for clinical evaluation of type 2 diabetic patients complicated with NAFLD.
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