Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may not be a severe disease at presentation among Asian Indians.
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2006Author
Madan, K
Batra, Y
Gupta, SD
Chander, B
Rajan, KD
Tewatia, MS
Panda, SK
Acharya, KS
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AIM: To evaluate the clinical and biochemical profile of patients with non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to assess their histological severity at presentation. METHODS: Consecutive patients presenting to the liver clinic of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with raised transaminases to at least 1.5 times upper limit of normal, and histologically confirmed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease were included. Patients who had significant alcohol intake or positive markers of other liver diseases or who were taking drugs known to produce fatty liver were excluded. The clinical, biochemical and histological profile of this group was studied. RESULTS: Fifty-one patients with NAFLD formed the study population. Their median age and BMI were 34(17-58) years and 26.7(21.3-32.5) kg/m(2) respectively and 46 (90.1%) were males. The majority of the patients had mild inflammation, either grade 1 [32 (63%)] or grade 2 [16 (31%)] and only 3 (6%) patients had severe (grade 3) inflammation. Twenty-three (45%), 19 (37%), 8(16%) and 1(2%) patient had stage 0, 1, 2 and 3 fibrosis respectively on index biopsy and none had cirrhosis. On univariate analysis, triglyceride levels more than 150 mg % (OR = 7.1; 95% CI: 1.6-31.5
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KIRTDA, DRACHARYAS. 2006. Madan K, Batra Y, Gupta SD, Chander B, Rajan KD, Tewatia MS, Panda SK, Acharya SK.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may not be a severe disease at presentation among Asian Indians.World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jun 7;12(21):3400-5.Publisher
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
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