Associations of depression score with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 334; pp. 332 - 336
• Main Authors: Cai, Hongwei, Zhang, Rui, Zhao, Chuanhao, Wang, Yuzhuo, Tu, Xiaoming, Duan, Weiwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder, Major; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Liver Cirrhosis - diagnostic imaging; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver fibrosis; Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease; Mild depression; NHANES; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - complications; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - diagnostic imaging; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nutrition Surveys; PHQ-9; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NHANES; Liver fibrosis; Mild depression; PHQ-9; Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease

Growing evidence suggests a link between depression and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Recently, a change from NAFLD to metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has been proposed. The aim of this study was to determine whether depression scores are associated with newl...