[Obesity: risk factor for @entity1560 and XXXX ].

@entity1 @entity32 @entity82 @entity1560 @entity28 @entity409 @entity1561 @entity1575
BACKGROUND: @entity1561 ( @entity1561 ) has been recognized as a cause of @entity409 . Its main risk factor is @entity28 . AIM: To describe the clinical and liver pathological findings in a group of @entity1 who underwent surgery as @entity28 treatment. @entity1 AND METHODS: Sixty eight @entity1 with severe or morbid @entity28 were subjected to surgery as @entity28 treatment. Each @entity1 was evaluated with a complete clinical and laboratory medical assessment. A wedge of liver was excised during surgery. Liver biopsies were analyzed without knowledge of clinical and laboratory findings. The presence of @entity1560 , @entity32 (portal or lobular), @entity82 and @entity82 were recorded in the pathological analysis. Age and body mass index (BMI) were correlated with pathological data. Significance was set at a p value of less than 0.05. RESULTS: Ninety one percent of @entity1 had @entity1560 , 45% @entity32 and 47% @entity82 . One @entity1 had @entity82 (1.4%). There was a statistically significant association between BMI and moderate or severe @entity1560 (p < 0.03). There was also an association between BMI and portal (p = 0.017) and @entity32 (p = 0.034). A BMI over 40 kg/m2 (morbid @entity28 ) was significantly associated with the presence of @entity82 (p = 0.032). Moreover, the presence of moderate or severe @entity1560 was a risk factor for the development of @entity1575 (p = 0.026). CONCLUSIONS: Obesity is a major and independent risk factor for @entity1560 and @entity82 . The degree of @entity1560 in the liver biopsy, is a risk factor for the development of @entity82 .
