Prevalence of Steatotic Liver Disease Among US Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Athanasios VassilopoulosMarkos KalligerosStephanos VassilopoulosFadi ShehadehGregorio BenitezMatthew KaczynskiIngrid LazaridouKittichai PromratJack R WandsEleftherios Mylonakis

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2024)

The prevalence of MASLD, high-risk NASH, and liver fibrosis among patients with RA is equal or higher than the general population. Future studies of large cohorts are needed to substantiate the role of systemic inflammation in the pathophysiology of MASLD.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
rheumatoid arthritis
risk factors
disease activity
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis