Background and aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as a liver fat content >= 5.56%. It is of clinical interest to know the prevalence of NAFLD in people with a combination... Show moreBackground and aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as a liver fat content >= 5.56%. It is of clinical interest to know the prevalence of NAFLD in people with a combination of metabolic risk factors. We aimed to examine the prevalence of NAFLD, including groups with metabolic risk factors.Methods and results: In this cross-sectional analysis of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study, liver fat content was assessed using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS). Participants with excessive alcohol consumption or missing values were excluded, leaving a total of 1570 participants for the analyses. Mean (SD) age of the population was 55 years, BMI 25.9 (4.0) kg/m(2) and 46% were men. The prevalence of NAFLD was 27% (95% CI 24-30). The prevalence of NAFLD was increased in participants with hypertriglyceridemia (57%, 52-63), obesity (62%, 58-66) and diabetes (69%, 61-77). The prevalence of NAFLD was highest in those with diabetes and obesity (79%, 71-87), obesity and hypertriglyceridemia (81%, 76-86) and with diabetes and hypertriglyceridemia (86%, 77-95). NAFLD was also present in 12% (8-16) of participants without overweight.Conclusions: The prevalence of NAFLD in a middle-aged population in the Netherlands in 2010 was 27%. The prevalence of NAFLD is particularly increased in individuals with diabetes, obesity, and hypertriglyceridemia. This information may help clinicians and general practitioners in the risk stratification of their patients in daily practice.(c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Italian Diabetes Society, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Show less
The studies described in this thesis were performed to investigate the short and long-term effects of chemotherapy on bone metabolism, fat metabolism and cardiovascular risk in testicular germ cell... Show moreThe studies described in this thesis were performed to investigate the short and long-term effects of chemotherapy on bone metabolism, fat metabolism and cardiovascular risk in testicular germ cell tumour (GCT) patients. We report a twofold increased prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in GCT patients who received chemotherapy compared to that in patients with stage 1 disease who did not receive chemotherapy, or to that in healthy controls. Thereafter, we describe disadvantageous metabolic changes and acute alterations in diastolic heart function in GCT patients treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy. In the same group of patients we show that, during chemotherapy administrations, serum non-protein bound iron concentrations were inversely related to the latent iron-binding capacity and serum iron concentrations. This suggests that chemotherapy-associated iron overload may play a role in short and long-term chemotherapy induced toxicity in GCT patients. The study on bone metabolism shows an increased prevalence of vertebral fractures, independent of BMD and anticancer treatment, in newly diagnosed as well as long term survivors of testicular cancer. The last chapter reports on a significant decline in lumbar and femoral BMD in metastatic GCT patients one year after chemotherapeutic treatment. Show less
