Ciwon hanta mai ƙiba (NAFLD) cuta ce ta gama gari. Don ƙarin fahimtar haɗin kai tsakanin NAFLD da ciwon hanta (HCC), masu bincike a Baylor College of Medicine sun gudanar da babban binciken da aka buga a "Gastroenterology".
A cikin wannan binciken, ƙungiyar binciken ta yi nazarin ƙungiyoyi daga Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Tsohon Sojoji kuma ta bi ta kusan shekaru 11. Binciken ya ƙunshi marasa lafiya 296,707 da aka sani suna da NAFLD da marasa lafiya 296,707 ba tare da NAFLD ba. Daga cikin marasa lafiya na NAFLD, 490 suna da HCC, kuma haɗarin su na haɓaka HCC ya fi waɗanda ba tare da NAFLD ba.
Dokta Fasiha Kanwal, farfesa kuma shugaban likitoci, da abokan aiki sun gano cewa marasa lafiya na NAFLD masu ciwon hanta suna da mafi girma na HCC a kowace shekara. Haɗarin HCC yana ƙaruwa tare da shekaru, kuma tsofaffi Mutanen Espanya tare da hanta cirrhosis shine ƙungiyoyi masu haɗari na HCC.
“This study provides valuable and powerful information on which of the millions of NAFLD patients are at risk for HCC. This information is an important step forward in our understanding of the disease. For researchers, clinical Doctors and patients have important reference value, ” said Dr. Hashem EI-Serag, professor of gastroenterology at Baylor Medicine and senior author of the paper . Moreover, the results of this study also provide guidance for monitoring and risk adjustment for people at increased risk of ciwon daji, such as patients with cirrhosis or diabetes.