Lower risk of metabolic syndrome and fatty liver in gastric cancer survivors: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Abstract

334 Background: With the recent development in cancer treatments, the number of cancer survivors is rapidly increasing. Thus, evaluation and management of accompanied comorbidities as well as survival itself have become important issues in cancer survivors. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and fatty liver in gastric cancer (GC) survivors compared with that in non-cancer (NC) subjects. We also analysed the risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in GC survivors compared with that in NC subjects. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants who visited Gangnam Severance Hospital from 2014 to 2019 for health check-ups were enrolled. After age- and sex-matched 1:4 propensity score matching, 119 GC survivors and 476 NC subjects were included. GC survivors were divided into operated gastric cancer survivors (OpGC) (n=95) and non-operated survivors (non-OpGC) (n=24). MetS was diagnosed by metabolic components and FL was assessed by ultrasonography. Results: MetS was observed in 21.0% of GC survivors and 30.5% of NC subjects, and in 13.7% of OpGC survivors and 50.0% of non-OpGC survivors. FL was observed in 25.2% of GC survivors and 37.6% of NC subjects, and in 21.1% of OpGC survivors and 41.7% of non-OpGC survivors. After adjusting for age, sex, MetS risk was significantly lower in OpGC survivors (odds ratio [OR] = 0.377, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.200-0.711, P=0.003). FL risk was significantly lower in OpGC survivors (OR = 0.467, 95% CI: 0.267–0.816, P=0.007), but not in non-OpGC survivors, compared with NC subjects. Risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease was significantly lower in OpGC survivors (OR = 0.412, 95% CI: 0.233–0.729, P=0.002) compared with NC subjects. Conclusions: OpGC survivors showed a lower risk of MetS and FL compared with NC subjects. These associations can be explored to ensure timely medical intervention in GC survivors.