Metabolic risk factors are associated with non‐hepatitis B non‐hepatitis C hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan, an endemic area of chronic hepatitis B

Shiu‐Feng Huang, Il‐Chi Chang, Chih‐Chen Hong, Tseng‐Chang Yen, Chao‐Long Chen, Cheng‐Chung Wu, Cheng‐Chung Tsai, Ming‐Chih Ho, Wei‐Chen Lee, Hsien‐Chung Yu, Ying‐Ying Shen, Hock‐Liew Eng, John Wang, Hui‐Hwa Tseng, Yung‐Ming Jeng, Chau‐Ting Yeh, Chi‐Ling Chen, Pei‐Jer Chen, Yun‐Fan Liaw – 18 April 2018 – Metabolic risk factors, such as obesity, fatty liver, high lipidemia, and diabetes mellitus are associated with increased risk for nonviral hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, few nonviral HCC studies have stratified patients according to underlying etiologies.

Metabolic Features of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL) in Obese Adolescents: Findings From a Multiethnic Cohort

Domenico Tricò, Sonia Caprio, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, Bridget Pierpont, Jessica Nouws, Alfonso Galderisi, Grace Kim, Mariana M. Mata, Nicola Santoro – 17 April 2018 – We conducted a prospective study in a large, multiethnic cohort of obese adolescents to characterize clinical and genetic features associated with pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), the most common cause of chronic liver disease in youth. A total of 503 obese adolescents were enrolled, including 191 (38.0%) whites, 134 (26.6%) blacks, and 178 (35.4%) Hispanics.

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