Riebensahm, Carlotta; Berzigotti, Annalisa; Surial, Bernard; Haerry, David; Günthard, Huldrych F; Tarr, Philip E; Furrer, Hansjakob; Rauch, Andri; Wandeler, Gilles (2024). Decreased physical activity and prolonged sitting time are associated with liver steatosis in people with HIV. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 95(2), pp. 179-184. Wolters Kluwer Health 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003328
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BACKGROUND
Physical activity (PA) regulates intrahepatic storage of fat and reduces the risk of liver steatosis. Given our limited understanding of the pathogenesis of metabolic complications in people with HIV (PWH), it remains unclear if evidence from the general population can be extrapolated to PWH. We investigated the association between PA and liver steatosis in a single site of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS).
METHODS
We screened consecutive SHCS participants using vibration controlled transient elastography and defined liver steatosis as CAP ≥248dB/m. PA was measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. We evaluated the association of three different measures of PA with liver steatosis in separate multivariable logistic regression models.
RESULTS
Of 466 participants, 127 (27.3%) were female, median age was 52 years (interquartile range 43-59) and 244 (52.4%) were overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2). Liver steatosis was present in 235 (50.4%) individuals. In multivariable analysis, PA below the recommendations of the European Association for the Study of the Liver was associated with steatosis (adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 2.34; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.44-3.85). Using alternative scales of PA, including metabolic equivalents task (MET) minutes (min) per week (aOR 0.76, 95% CI 0.60-0.94) and sitting hours per day (aOR, 1.16; 1.07-1.26), yielded comparable results and associations were similar when we restricted analyses to lean (BMI<25 kg/m2) subjects.
CONCLUSION
Insufficient PA and prolonged sitting time were both associated with liver steatosis among PWH, independent of BMI. Our results support the importance of promoting PA to prevent liver steatosis in PWH.
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