Obesity and metabolic syndrome as risk factors for the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as diagnosed by ultrasound
| Autor: | Petrović Gordana, Bjelaković Goran, Benedeto-Stojanov Daniela, Nagorni Aleksandar, Brzački Vesna, Marković-Živković Bojana |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | English<br />Serbian |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: | |
| Zdroj: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled, Vol 73, Iss 10, Pp 910-920 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0042-8450 2406-0720 |
| DOI: | 10.2298/VSP150514093P |
| Popis: | Introduction/ aim. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease of a broad histological spectrum, characterized by the accumulation of triglycerides in more than 5% of hepatocytes in the absence of consuming alcohol in quantities harmful to the liver. The aim of our study was to determine the importance of anthropometric and laboratory parameters as well as metabolic syndrome (MS) for the diagnosis of NAFLD and to estimate their influence on the degree of liver steatosis as evaluated by ultrasound (US). Methods. The study included 86 participants, 55 of whom had fatty liver diagnosed by ultrasound and they comprised the study group. The control group consisted of 31 control subjects. During the course of hospitalization at the Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Centre Niš, the patients had their anamnesis taken, and anthropometric measurements as well as biochemical blood analyses and abdominal ultrasound were performed. Results. The patients with NAFLD had statistically higher values of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), levels of alanin and aspartate aminotransferase (ALT, AST), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) (p |
| Databáze: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|