506-P: Hepatic Fibrosis but Not Steatosis Is Associated with Diabetic Kidney Disease in Nonobese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Background: Recent studies investigated the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) but the results are inconclusive. Here we aimed to investigate the effect of obesity on the association between NAFLD and DKD in a large cohort of participants with T2DM. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 3,439 patients (1,710 men and 1,729 women) with T2DM were recruited from the Seoul Metabolic Syndrome cohort between 2003 and 2016. NAFLD was defined by ultrasonographic detection of steatosis in the absence of other liver diseases. Advanced fibrosis was defined as FIB4 index ≥ 1.45. DKD was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2. Results: The mean age was 57.4 ± 10.3 years and duration of diabetes was 7.7 ± 7.1 years. Two hundred and fifty subjects (7.3%) had DKD and 1869 (54.3%) subjects had NAFLD. The prevalence of DKD were 7.0%, 4.5% and 11.9% in no-NAFLD group, liver steatosis only group and advanced fibrosis group respectively (p<0.001). Advanced fibrosis was independently associated with an increased risk of DKD (odds ratio [OR] 1.75; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.08-2.86; p = 0.034) compared to no NAFLD after adjustment for potential confounders in patients with BMI < 25 kg/m2. However, the association between advanced fibrosis and DKD was not significant in those with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. There was no significant associated between hepatic steatosis without advanced fibrosis with DKD regardless of obesity status. Conclusion: This study suggests that advanced liver fibrosis, a severe form of NAFLD, was independently associated with increased risk of DKD in non-obese patients with T2DM. Disclosure D. Seo: None. Y. Cho: None. S. Ahn: None. S. Hong: None. Y. Lee: None. Y. Choi: None. B. Huh: None. K. Huh: None. S. Kim: None.