Khalid Aloum, MD1, Arnold N. Forlemu, MD, MPH2, Wendy T. Garzon-Siatoya, MD1, Amelia Panjwani, BSc3, Camelia Ciobanu, MD4, Amr Dokmak, MD4, Mohammed Abusuliman, MD5, Vikash Kumar, MD6, Praneeth Bandaru, MBBS, MD4, Raissa Nana Sede Mbakop, MD7, Manasa Ginjupalli, MD4, Vijay Reddy Gayam, MD8, Anuj R. Sharma, MBBS4, Denzil Etienne, MD4, Madhavi Reddy, MD, FACG4, Nithan Narendra, MD1 1St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY; 2Brooklyn Hospital Center, Athens, GA; 3St. George's University School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY; 4Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY; 5Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI; 6Creighton University School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY; 7The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY; 8University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Introduction: Metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is characterized by hepatic fat accumulation in individuals with metabolic risk factors such as obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the predominant form of arthritis and involves progressive joint cartilage degeneration. A recent national study reported a significant association between the two diseases.
MASLD and OA share metabolic etiologies. Whether both conditions are related still needs elucidating.
Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of OA and patients with a diagnosis of MASLD were identified utilizing the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) data from 2016 to 2020.
Primary outcome was the association of the two diseases in the general population tested by multivariable logistic regression analysis.
Secondary outcomes were the differences in the characteristics and outcomes between a cohort of MASLD with OA and a control cohort of MASLD without OA.
Unweighted data from NIS were multiplied with appropriate discharge and hospital-level weights to represent the population across the USA.
Results: . OA was significantly associated with MASLD [OR=1.226; p=0.00; CI 1.21-1.24) with adjusting for sex, age, race, Charlson Comorbidity Index, obesity, smoking, location and hospital characteristics.
Out of a total of 2,982,525 with MASLD,10.78% of those patients had osteoarthritis.
Patients with MASLD that had OA were older in age than MASLD who didnt have OA (63 years vs 54 years), had higher percentage of females (64% vs 52%), had a higher component of white ethnicity (77% vs 66%) and had a higher percentage of Medicare insured patients (58% vs 38%).
Interestingly, MASLD with OA were noted to have a lower mortality rate, shorter length of stay, and fewer total charges. All the aforementioned results were statistically significant with a p< 0.0001.
The rest of the results of the comparison between the two cohorts are in the attached table.
Discussion: This study establishes a positive association between OA and MASLD. Shared risk factors such as obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance, alongside chronic low-grade inflammation, likely contribute to their co-occurrence through shared metabolic and inflammatory pathways. The findings in this study highlight the importance of understanding the relationship between OA and MASLD, and warrant further investigation into the causal pathways, therapeutic interventions, and comprehensive management approaches to improve outcomes for affected individuals.
Note: The table for this abstract can be viewed in the ePoster Gallery section of the ACG 2024 ePoster Site or in The American Journal of Gastroenterology's abstract supplement issue, both of which will be available starting October 27, 2024.
Disclosures:
Khalid Aloum indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Arnold Forlemu indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Wendy Garzon-Siatoya indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Amelia Panjwani indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Camelia Ciobanu indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Amr Dokmak indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Mohammed Abusuliman indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Vikash Kumar indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Praneeth Bandaru indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Raissa Nana Sede Mbakop indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Manasa Ginjupalli indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Vijay Reddy Gayam indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Anuj Sharma indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Denzil Etienne indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Madhavi Reddy indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Nithan Narendra indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Khalid Aloum, MD1, Arnold N. Forlemu, MD, MPH2, Wendy T. Garzon-Siatoya, MD1, Amelia Panjwani, BSc3, Camelia Ciobanu, MD4, Amr Dokmak, MD4, Mohammed Abusuliman, MD5, Vikash Kumar, MD6, Praneeth Bandaru, MBBS, MD4, Raissa Nana Sede Mbakop, MD7, Manasa Ginjupalli, MD4, Vijay Reddy Gayam, MD8, Anuj R. Sharma, MBBS4, Denzil Etienne, MD4, Madhavi Reddy, MD, FACG4, Nithan Narendra, MD1. P1190 - Intersecting Paths of Osteoarthritis and Metabolic-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, ACG 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Gastroenterology.