Association Between Mental Health and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease
Ji Hyeon Park1,2, Yoo Jeong Lee3, In Cheol Hwang4
1Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
Abstract:
Depression has recently been identified as a potential predisposing factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) among adults in the US. This cross-sectional, nationwide study examined the association between mental health and MAFLD in Korean adults. Mental state was addressed using a question for suicidal ideation and depressive mood, and MAFLD was assessed according to the criteria established by an international expert panel. A stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that MAFLD was significantly more common in men with suicidal ideation and in women with depressive mood compared with their non- suicidal and non-depressed counterparts, respectively. These results warrant mental health screening among patients with MAFLD. Key Words: Depression, Metabolic diseases, Fatty liver disease, Suicidal ideation.
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