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- Title
Association of sex hormone-binding globulin with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese adults.
- Authors
Luo, Jing; Chen, Qian; Shen, Tianran; Wang, Xu; Fang, Wanjun; Wu, Xiaocai; Yuan, Zenan; Chen, Gengdong; Ling, Wenhua; Chen, Yuming
- Abstract
Background: Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), a glycoprotein synthesized by hepatocytes, has been linked to insulin resistance and hepatic lipid metabolism and is suggested to be associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study aimed to investigate the association of SHBG with NAFLD in Chinese adults. Methods: We conducted a community-based, cross-sectional study in China involving 2912 participants aged 40–75 years old. All participants underwent detection for hepatic fat infiltration by ultrasound in addition to providing complete medical history and undergoing physical and blood biochemical examinations. The association of serum SHBG with the presence of NAFLD was reported by adjusted odds ratio after applying logistic regression models. To further explore the relationship between SHBG and NAFLD, mRNA expression of SHBG and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-α (HNF4α), as well as intrahepatic triglycerides, were determined from the liver tissues of 32 subjects with different degrees of steatosis. Results: Serum SHBG levels in patients with NAFLD (median, 43.8 nmol/L; interquartile range, 33.4–56.8 nmol/L) were significantly lower than those in non-NAFLD subjects (median, 63.4 nmol/L; interquartile range, 47.6–83.1 nmol/L). Serum SHBG levels were inversely correlated with WHR, trunk fat percentage, glucose, HOMA-IR, TG, UA and DHEAS, and were positively correlated with HDL-C levels (all p < 0.001). Logistic regression analysis indicated that serum SHBG levels were negatively associated with the presence of NAFLD in all subjects, as well as the subgroups stratified by sex, BMI and HOMA-IR (all p < 0.05). In human liver tissues, SHBG and HNF4α mRNA expression decreased along with the elevated grade of hepatic steatosis. Both SHBG and HNF4α mRNA expression levels were negatively correlated with intrahepatic triglycerides. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that SHBG levels were negatively associated with the presence of NAFLD in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.
- Subjects
CHINA; TORSO physiology; ADIPOSE tissues; FATTY liver; GENE expression; HOMEOSTASIS; SEX hormones; INSULIN resistance; LIVER cells; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION factors; TRIGLYCERIDES; ULTRASONIC imaging; LOGISTIC regression analysis; CROSS-sectional method; WAIST-hip ratio; BETA globulins; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Nutrition & Metabolism, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1743-7075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12986-018-0313-8