[Assessment of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (HS-CRP) as a marker of liver inflammation in patients with metabolic syndrome].

Unlabelled: C-reactive protein (CRP) plays an important role on inflammatory processes associated to the metabolic syndrome (MS), alike of insulin sensitivity, endothelial dysfunction and fibrinolysis insufficiency. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) may be a sensible marker for the diagnosis of hepatic damage and has therefore been used as an alternative method for the noninvasive diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), especially in epidemiological studies. At the present time, the possible utility of high sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) as a simple measure to detect the degree of hepatic inflammatory response during the development NAFLD in MS has not been explored.

[Obesity and its association with cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma].

Obesity is a rapidly growing health issue in Mexico and throughout the world because it is perceived as an alarming threat directly related with lifestyle in both children and adults, although cardiovascular, metabolic, neoplasic, and sleep-disorder complications of obesity are being investigated. However, overweight is a risk factor for chronic liver disease because liver fibrosis can develop in overweight patients free of any other known causes of liver disease. Obesity has been associated with development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Etiology of liver cirrhosis in Mexico.

Background: In the last decades it has been suggested that the main cause of liver cirrhosis in Mexico is alcohol. Currently in Western countries hepatitis C virus stage liver disease and liver transplantation. In Mexico, we have no data relative to the etiology of liver cirrhosis.