Beta
125619

Influence of liraglutide, dulaglutide versus conventional treatment on fatty liver index and fibrosis-4 score in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NA FLD) represents a major public health challenge in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). It may progress to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis, and carcinoma. Our aim was to detect the changes of the fatty liver index (FLI) and FIB-4 score six months after treatment with liraglutide, or dulaglutide; novel antidiabetic medi-cations in the Egyptian market versus the conve-ntional therapy in Egyptian patients with T2D and co-existent NAFLD. Methods: A non-concurrent retrospective cohort study conducted at the outp-atient department of authors´ institution (Mansoura University hospitals) during the period from October 2019 to March 2020, included three matched groups of patients composed of Egyptian patients with T2D with age range from 35-65 years old, HbA1c level above 7.5%, body mass index (BMI) above 25 kg/m2, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and with concomitant NAFLD (diagnosed with hepatic ultrasonography and fatty liver index >30). Clinical history, examination with anthropometric measures, CBC, HBA1c, serum lipid, ALT, AST, GGT, serum creatinine and thyroid profile were measured before and after 24 weeks of treatment. The fatty liver index (FLI) and the FIB-4 score were used to assess hepatic steatosis and fibrosis respectively. Results: There was a significant improvement of the FIB-4 and FLI values in the patients who used liraglutide and dulaglutide compared to the conventional treatment and with better results in the liraglutide group. Moreover, there was a significant reduction of the body weight, waist circumference, BMI, SBP, DBP, GGT, ALT, AST, HBA1c, triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL-C and VLDL-C values in the liraglutide and dulag-lutide groups versus the conventional treatment group. FLI, AST and platelet count changes were the significant predictors of the change in log FIB-4 score. However the change in log FLI was independently affected by ALT changes. Conclusion: the addition of the liraglutide or dulaglutide exhibited many clinical and metabolic beneficial effects in the patients with concomitant T2D and NAFLD.

DOI

10.21608/mjvh.2020.125619

Keywords

NAFLD, Fatty liver index, FIB-4 score, GLP1-RAs

Authors

First Name

mohammed

Last Name

gameil

MiddleName

ali

Affiliation

Endocrine unite,Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt.

Email

drmaligameil1979@yahoo.com

City

mansoura

Orcid

0000-0002-9342-6451

First Name

Salah Eldeen

Last Name

Rozaik

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Internal medicine dept., Gastroenterology and Hepatology unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura Univ.,

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Elsebaie

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Clinical pathology dept., Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura Univ., Egypt

Email

elsebaie777@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-1061-4658

First Name

Rehab

Last Name

Marzouk

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Medical biochemistry dept., Mansoura Univ., Egypt.

Email

dr_rehabmm85@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-5551-1540

Volume

5.1

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

18818

Issue Date

2020-11-01

Receive Date

2020-09-04

Publish Date

2020-11-01

Page Start

25

Page End

32

Print ISSN

2314-8748

Online ISSN

2314-8756

Link

https://mjvh.journals.ekb.eg/article_125619.html

Detail API

https://mjvh.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=125619

Order

6

Type

Original article

Type Code

477

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Medical Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Publication Link

https://mjvh.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Influence of liraglutide, dulaglutide versus conventional treatment on fatty liver index and fibrosis-4 score in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023