Clinical Advances in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Gastroenterology & Hepatopancreatobiliary Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 756

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Interests: IM gastroenterology; hepatology; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Journal of Clinical Medicine Special Issue entitled “Clinical Advances in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease”. As you know, the incidence and prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is on the rise. Indeed, this condition is afflicting the global population and is projected to become the leading cause of liver transplantation in the next decade or less. Patients with MASLD are suffering from increasingly worse outcomes, making MASLD a significant burden to our patients, the economy, and healthcare systems as a whole.

As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I look forward to accepting and publishing articles that highlight novel concepts for MASLD diagnosis and management to increase awareness and optimize management protocols. The journal and I thank you in advance for your contribution.

Dr. Hirsh D. Trivedi
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Keywords

  • metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
  • MASLD
  • non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • NAFLD
  • liver disease
  • liver fibrosis
  • metabolic syndrome

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Impact of Education on Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): A Southern Italy Cohort-Based Study
by Rossella Donghia, Caterina Bonfiglio, Gianluigi Giannelli and Rossella Tatoli
J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14(6), 1950; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14061950 - 13 Mar 2025
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Background: An association between education levels and liver disease has been confirmed, but not yet with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The aim is to investigate the relationship between education and MASLD in two cohorts in southern Italy. Methods: The [...] Read more.
Background: An association between education levels and liver disease has been confirmed, but not yet with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). The aim is to investigate the relationship between education and MASLD in two cohorts in southern Italy. Methods: The study cohort included 2909 participants assessed during the third recall of the MICOL study and the second of NUTRIHEP, subdivided into four groups based on education levels. Results: A strong protective association was found between MASLD and higher education levels. Participants had an OR = 0.50 (p < 0.001, 0.36 to 0.69 95% C.I.), OR = 0.29 (p < 0.001, 0.21 to 0.41), and OR = 0.24 (p < 0.001, 0.16 to 0.37 95% C.I.) for middle, high school, and graduate education, respectively. Conclusions: This study’s findings indicate that there is an association linking MASLD with education level, i.e., having a lower education level increases the risk of liver disease, and a proper policy to regulate education may also mitigate the ever-increasing problem of this disease. Full article
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