Clinical characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese adult hypopituitary patients.

CONCLUSION: NAFLD is common in patients with hypopituitarism. Plasma osmolality and serum sodium levels of hypopituitary patients with cirrhosis are higher than those of subjects with NAFLD, and fasting insulin concentration is positively associated with plasma osmolality in patients with NAFLD, which suggests that hyperosmolality might be a contributor to the worsening of NAFLD in hypopituitary patients.
PMID: 31011258 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - April 13, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Yuan XX, Zhu HJ, Pan H, Chen S, Liu ZY, Li Y, Wang LJ, Lu L, Yang HB, Gong FY Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research