Prevalence and Correlates of Steatotic Liver Disease Among People With HIV in Uganda
Prossy Bibangambah, Moses Acan, Brian Ghoshhajra, Geoffrey Erem, Rita Nassanga, Andrew Ochieng, Vikas Thondapu, Michael T Lu, Mangun Randhawa, Angelo Takigami, Zahra Reynolds, Flavia Atwiine, Edna Tindimwebwa, Rebecca F Gilbert, Susanne S Hoepner, Eliza Passell, Shruti Sagar, Yao Tong, Ntobeko A B N · 2026
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Prossy Bibangambah and a large team measured in 2026 fatty liver disease among people with and without HIV in Uganda, where African data remain scarce. Their team read CT scans from a finished cohort of ambulatory adults and judged liver fat by density measures. Of 579 participants with readable images, only twenty-two met the fatty liver definition.
The overall rate was low, under four percent, yet people with HIV carried it more often than those without. Treated patients on antiretroviral therapy showed nearly triple the adjusted odds of fatty liver. That gap persisted after removing people with risky drinking habits. The authors note that rates across Africa vary widely, partly because studies measure liver fat differently. They call the link with therapy a signal worth watching as treated populations age.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Prossy Bibangambah, Moses Acan, Brian Ghoshhajra, Geoffrey Erem, Rita Nassanga, Andrew Ochieng, Vikas Thondapu, Michael T Lu, Mangun Randhawa, Angelo Takigami, Zahra Reynolds, Flavia Atwiine, Edna Tindimwebwa, Rebecca F Gilbert, Susanne S Hoepner, Eliza Passell, Shruti Sagar, Yao Tong, Ntobeko A B N |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |