Clinical impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on the occurrence of colorectal neoplasm: Propensity score matching analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 8; p. e0182014
• Main Authors: Yang, Young Joo, Bang, Chang Seok, Shin, Suk Pyo, Baik, Gwang Ho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 04.08.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adenoma; Age; Age Factors; Biology and Life Sciences; Biopsy; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; Categories; Colon; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - adverse effects; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Colorectal Neoplasms - etiology; Development and progression; Diabetes; Fatty liver; Female; Gastroenterology; Hepatitis; Humans; Incidence; Indexing; Internal medicine; Liver; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Male; Matching; Medical records; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolic syndrome; Middle Aged; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - complications; Patients; Propensity Score; Regression analysis; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Research and Analysis Methods; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Surveillance; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging

The effect of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on the occurrences of colorectal neoplasm (CRN) at surveillance colonoscopy is rarely evaluated. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 1,023 patients who had both index and surveillance colonoscopy at a single institution. The cumulati...