Prevalence and Profile of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Adults Undergoing Master Health Checkup, A Hospital based Cross Sectional Study

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dc.contributor.authorA., Sangeethaen_US
dc.contributor.authorK.M., Prabhuswamyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:10:28Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:10:28Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) hasemerged as a major public health problem in recent times. Itis one of the neglected conditions in developing nations likeIndia, due to scarcity of studies on the subject. Study objectivewas to assess the prevalence of NAFLD among patientsundergoing master health check-up in a tertiary care teachinghospital and to analyze the profile of NAFLD cases.Material and materials: The study was a hospital basedanalytical cross-sectional study. Conducted in a tertiary careteaching hospital in south India. People attending the masterhealth checkup in the study setting from June 2015 to July2018 were included. Chi square test was used to test statisticalsignificance.Results: A total of 818 patients were included, out of whom130(15.89%) had NAFLD. The proportion of grade 1, 2 and3 fatty liver was 79.23%, 13.84% and 6.92% respectively.The difference in waist circumference and HDL valueswere statistically significant between male & female (Pvalue <0.001 and 0.007 respectively). No other componentsof Metabolic syndrome had shown statistically significantdifference between males and females. The difference in gradeof NAFLD across the age group is found to be significant witha P- value of 0.035. Grade of NAFLD was not associated withany other diet or lifestyle related parameters.Conclusions: Significant proportion of healthy subjects areaffected by NAFLD, some of them with severe grades, withkey gender differences in some of the factors associatedwith NAFLD. Patients and clinicians needs to be sensitizedregarding NAFLDen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant professor, Department of General Medicine, Velammal Medical College & Research Institute, Madurai, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Velammal Medical College & Research Institute, Madurai, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationA. Sangeetha, K.M. Prabhuswamy. Prevalence and Profile of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Adults Undergoing Master Health Checkup, A Hospital based Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research . 2019 Aug; 6(8): h31-h34en_US
dc.identifier.issn2393-915X
dc.identifier.issn2454-7379
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/202501
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Society for Contemporary Medical Researchen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber8en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.21276/ijcmr.2019.6.8.52en_US
dc.subjectNon-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseaseen_US
dc.subjectAdults Undergoing Master Health Checkupen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and Profile of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Adults Undergoing Master Health Checkup, A Hospital based Cross Sectional Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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