Szymon Suwała, MD, PhD, from the Faculty of Medicine at Nicolaus Copernicus University, received the First Prize from the Polish Society for the Treatment of Obesity for the best scientific publication on obesity and its complications published in 2024.
The award-winning work entitled “Assessment of the risk of fatty liver and liver fibrosis in metabolic syndrome and its individual components, taking into account various definitions used in clinical practice over time: a retrospective cross-sectional study” (“Assessment of the risk of fatty liver and liver fibrosis in metabolic syndrome and its individual components, taking into account various definitions used in clinical practice over time: a retrospective cross-sectional study”) was published in the journal “Biomedicines” (Impact Factor 3.9). The first author of the publication is Dr. Szymon Suwała from the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology at the Medical College of Nicolaus Copernicus University, and its co-author is the head of the department, Prof. Roman Junik, PhD.
The article addresses the issue of predicting fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis based on various criteria for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome and is an important contribution to understanding the links between its phenotypes and the progression of liver disease.
Our entire team has proven that meeting the criteria for metabolic syndrome was associated with a 34-36% increase in the risk of steatosis and a 42-47% increase in the risk of fibrosis, comments Dr. Szymon Suwała. The strongest single risk factor for fatty liver disease was abdominal obesity defined on the basis of waist circumference (64-69% increase in risk), while in the case of liver fibrosis, obesity defined by BMI (63% increase in risk) was of key importance.
As Dr. Suwała points out, despite the short time that has passed since its publication, the paper has already been cited ten times, confirming its significant impact on obesity research. The article is available in Open Access and can be read on the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute website.
Source: NCU Information Portal