Steatotic Liver Disease

Question 1

What is the allowable alcohol intake for females and males?

Answer 1

20g a day for females, 30g for males

Question 2

What is MASLD?

Answer 2

hepatic steatosis in the presence of atleast one cardiometabolic risk factor

Question 3

MASLD is closely related to which syndrome?

Answer 3

metabolic syndrome

Question 4

What’s the role of obesity in MASLD?

Answer 4

it increases the serum FFAs’, thus leading to insulin resistance which releases pro inflammatory cytokines

Question 5

What are the 2 types of body fat distribution?

Answer 5

Android and gynoid

Question 6

Which body fat type is at a higher risk of insulin resistance, and which is protective against MASLD?

Answer 6

Android is at a higher risk, gynoid protects

Question 7

What are 2 visual features of MASLD?

Answer 7

dorsal cervical fat and acanthosis nagricans

Question 8

What does the liver look like on MRI?

Answer 8

Fat hyper intensity

Question 9

What is the gold standard for diagnosis of MASLD?

Answer 9

Liver biopsy

Question 10

What is the pharma treatment of steatotic liver disease?

Answer 10

Statins

Question 11

What is the surgical treatment?

Answer 11

Bariatric surgeries such as a sleeve gastrectomy greatly reduce morbid obesity