Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma of different etiologies: a retrospective study
Da-Long Yang,
Shao-Ping Liu,
Hong-Liang Wang
et al.
Abstract:Aims
This study compared the prevalences of metabolic syndrome and of cardiac or kidney comorbidities among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with metabolic dysfunction-related fatty liver disease (MAFLD), chronic infection with hepatitis B or C virus (HBV or HCV), or the combination of MAFLD and chronic HBV infection.
Methods
Medical records were retrospectively analyzed for patients with HCC who underwent hepatectomy between… Show more
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