title: Impact of liver disease severity and etiology on the occurrence of diabetes mellitus in patients with liver cirrhosis.
abstract: The association between liver cirrhosis (LC) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is well known. However, the impact of the severity or etiology of LC on the occurrence of DM is relatively unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical correlates of DM in a large cohort of patients with cirrhosis. A total of 1,068 patients with LC were included in this cross sectional study (CIRCE study). The diagnosis of cirrhosis irrespective of its etiology was based on histological confirmation by liver biopsy or, in the absence of biopsy, on typical clinical, morphological and biological data. Data related to the cirrhosis etiology: alcohol, viral markers of hepatitis B, C, iron load parameters and autoimmune markers were collected for each patient. Venous blood samples were taken in the morning after 12-h overnight fasting. There were 383 patients with cirrhosis associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). DM was found in 412 (39.7 %) patients. Patients with DM were older and more likely to be overweight and male, with a family history of DM and a diagnosis of HCC. DM was not associated with a history of stroke or myocardial infarction. Cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis infection was less strongly associated with DM than with NASH or alcoholic cirrhosis. The severity of LC was not associated with DM. In multivariate analysis, the factors associated with DM were age, BMI, a family history of DM, and statin use. There was a significant interaction between HCC and cirrhosis etiology for the risk of DM. Cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis was associated with a lesser presence of DM only in patients with HCC (interaction p = 0.0015). LC was strongly associated with DM, with around 40 % of diabetic patients. In the group of patients with LC without HCC, diabetes was not associated with the etiology of cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Dijon, Dijon, France, jean-michel.petit@chu-dijon.fr.
authors.forename: Jean Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rollot
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sigonney
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crevisy
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duvillard
authors.forename: Jean Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Raab
authors.forename: Jean Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bronowicki
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bernard-Chabert
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Martino
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doffoel
authors.forename: Helene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barraud
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richou
authors.forename: Jean Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jouve
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hillon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index