Background and objectives: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with multiple factors such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, and hyperuricemia. We aim to investigate the relationship between uric acid and NAFLD in a non-obese and young population. Materials and Methods: This study was performed in January 2010–2019 with a group of 367 (225 patients in the NAFLD group and 142 in the control group) patients with liver biopsy-proven NAFLD or no NAFLD. Patients with NAFLD were classified according to the percentage of steatosis as follows, group I had 1–20% and group II >20%. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory (biochemical parameters) features were collected retrospectively. Results: The mean body mass index (BMI) and age of the patients were 26.41 ± 3.42 and 32.27 ± 8.85, respectively. The BMI, homeostatic model of assessment (HOMA-IR), and uric acid (UA) values of the NAFLD group were found to be significantly higher than those of the controls. A positive correlation was found between the NAFLD stage and UA. The following factors were independently associated with NAFLD: BMI, HOMA-IR, and UA. In addition, the cut-off value of UA was 4.75 mg/dl with a sensitivity of 45.8% and a specificity of 80.3%. Conclusions: UA is a simple, non-invasive, cheap, and useful marker that may be used to predict steatosis in patients with NAFLD.

Baseline serum uric acid concentration is directly proportional to the rate of decline in renal functions in patients with IgAN. Uric acid-lowering treatments may be beneficial for the prevention of progression of IgAN. However, randomized controlled studies are needed for this purpose.

OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D insufficiency might have a role in numerous diseases including autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and heart diseases. The relationship between vitamin D insufficiency and hyperuricemia has been shown previously but there are conflicting results in studies. MATErIAl and METhODS:A total of 1562 patients who had serum uric acid and vitamin D levels measured at the same time were enrolled. Patients who were on vitamin D replacement therapy, receiving calcium and/or allopurinol, or had gout and chronic kidney disease were excluded. rESulTS: Hyperuricemic patients had significantly lower levels of serum vitamin D level compared with normouricemic patients (p<0.001) whereas there was no difference between the groups in terms of serum calcium, phosphorus, parathormone and alkaline phosphatase. Severe deficiency (25(OH) vitamin D <10) was significantly more common among patients with hyperuricemia (p<0.001). When vitamin D levels were analyzed according to age, a significant inverse correlation between vitamin D and serum uric acid level was found in decades 7 and 8. Age, eGFR and vitamin D level below 20 appeared as independent associates of serum uric acid levels.COnCluSIOn: These data suggest that hyperuricemia associates with vitamin D deficiency. Further studies are needed to understand the mechanism underlying this association and its potential clinical implications. BulGulAr: Hiperürisemik hastaların serum vitamin D düzeyleri normoürisemik hastalara göre daha düşük olduğu görülmesine (p<0.001) karşın, gruplar serum kalsiyum, fosfor, parathormon ve alkalen fosfataz düzeyleri bakımından benzerdi. D vitamini düzeylerine göre değerlendirildiğinde ağır (vitamin D <10) düzeyde eksikliği olan hastaların daha çok hiperürisemik (p<0.001) grupta olduğu görüldü. Yaşa göre serum D vitamini ve ürik asit düzeyleri arasında anlamlı derecede negatif korelasyonun 7. ve 8. dekatlarda olduğu görüldü. Yaş, serum D vitamini düzeyinin <20 olması ve eGFR düzeyleri, serum ürik asit düzeyi ile anlamlı korelasyon gösterdiği görüldü.SOnuç: Çalışmamızda, hiperüriseminin D vitamini eksikliği ile ilişkili olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu ilişkiyi açıklayabilecek mekanizma ve bunun klinik açıdan etkilerine yönelik daha ileri çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. There are many factors in the etiology of HCC such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), alcohol, obesity, smoking and aflatoxin. Many types of cancer are assumed to be associated with ABO blood group and Rhesus factor (RH). In this study we aimed to evaluate the relationship between tumor characteristics and overall survival (OS), ABO blood group and RH factor in patients with HCC. A total of 507 patients with chronic liver disease (252 patients with HCC and 255 patients without HCC) were included in the study. All demographic, clinic and laboratory (biochemical parameters and blood type) features were collected retrospectively. The mean age of the patients was 54.50 ± 9.30. There was no significant difference in both ABO groups and RH factors between the two groups. We found that vascular invasion rate of the tumor was higher in the B blood group and multicentric localization of tumor was significantly higer in patients with positive RH but there was no difference between OS in ABO and RH blood groups. In addition, the tumor was less multicentric in the AB blood group. Blood groups and RH factor can be used to predict the prognosis in cirrhotic patients with HCC.

Departmental sources Background:Platelets are considered to be essential in proinflammatory environments, including atherosclerosis. The degree of platelet activation has been demonstrated to be correlated with plateletcrit and platelet distribution width. The main purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between plateletcrit (PCT), platelet distribution, and the degree of hepatic steatosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Material/Methods:We enrolled 225 biopsy-proven NAFLD patients and 142 control subjects without NAFLD. NAFLD patients were separated into 2 groups according to percentage of steatosis. Demographic and clinical data were collected retrospectively. Results:PCT level was significantly higher in NAFLD group I and group II than in the control group. PCT was higher in the NAFLD groups than in the control group. However, there was no difference according to PCT and PDW levels between NAFLD groups. Conclusions:In this study, a relationship was found between PCT and hepatosteatosis, but no relationship was found with PDW. PCT might be a useful biomarker for early detection of steatohepatitis in patients with nan-alcoholic fatty liver disease.