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Effect of clinical depression and antidepressant use on fatty liver disease

Effect of clinical depression and antidepressant use on fatty liver disease Effect of clinical depression and antidepressant use on fatty liver disease
Effect of clinical depression and antidepressant use on fatty liver disease Effect of clinical depression and antidepressant use on fatty liver disease

This study examined the effect of clinical depression and the use of antidepressant medications on survival in people suffering from fatty liver disease (alcoholic liver disease [ALD] and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD]).

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Key take away

As compared to other depressants or even clinical depression, this large population-based study found the use of mirtazapine to be linked with the higher likelihood of decompensated cirrhosis or mortality in people with fatty liver disease.

Background

This study examined the effect of clinical depression and the use of antidepressant medications on survival in people suffering from fatty liver disease (alcoholic liver disease [ALD] and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD]).

Method

The biggest medical database in the UK was used to explore the prevalence of ALD (4148 patients) and NAFLD (19053 patients) in 30 years. Development of decompensated cirrhosis or mortality was reported as the primary outcome.

Clinical depression and different classes of antidepressants were evaluated in the multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. Adjustments were made for gender, age, socio-economic status, and comorbidities.

Result

The rate of clinical depression and antidepressant usage was greater in patients with ALD than those with NAFLD, as shown in Table 1:


Clinical depression was not linked with better decompensated cirrhosis-free survival following the adjustment for covariates. The use of antidepressant mirtazapine was linked with poorer decompensated cirrhosis-free survival and mortality among NAFLD and ALD groups.

Conclusion

Mirtazapine but not clinical depression was linked with poorer outcomes (higher probability of decompensated hepatic cirrhosis or mortality) for ALD or NAFLD.

Source:

Liver International

Article:

Impact of major depression and antidepressant use on alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A population-based study

Authors:

Abdel Aziz Shaheen et al.

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