International Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences (ISSN 2226-9614)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
VOLUME 25(19) (2024)
Anthropometric Parameters Correlations with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Kareem Essam*1, Mohamed Gomaa1, Manal Sadek3, Mohamed Ahmed El Ghobary1, Sara Essameldin2, Sara Elkhateeb2
1Internal medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
2Clinical pathology department, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
3Internal medicine department, Ahmed Maher teaching hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become more common in combination with the obesity pandemic during the last 30 years. The primary indication of liver transplantation worldwide is now considered NAFLD. The aim is studying the correlation of anthropometric parameters with liver steatosis for detection and monitoring progression of NAFLD. 100 NAFLD patients (diagnosed by ultrasound) collected from Kasr Alainy and Ahmed Maher teaching hospitals and 100 healthy subjects as a control group were subjected to full history taking, anthropometric assessment including body mass index (BMI), Waist Hib ration (WHR), waist circumference (WC), Hib circumference (HC), and abdominal Sonography (steatosis severity was graded according to degree of fatty infiltration (grade 1 ,2 and 3). In the NAFLD group, there were significant positive correlations between degree of liver steatosis and BMI (r=0.594), WC (r=0.361), hip circumference (r=0.433) compared to control group (p value < 0.001). The degree of liver steatosis in NAFLD group were (33% grade one, 51% grade 2, 16% grade 3) with no steatosis in the control group. The current study demonstrated a strong positive correlation between anthropometric measures and the presence, severity of NAFLD, which thought to be useful for early detection and monitoring progression of NAFLD.
Keywords: Anthropometric parameters, BMI, Fatty liver
Full length article – PDF *Corresponding Author, e-mail: kareemessam8100@yahoo.com Doi # https://doi.org/10.62877/111-IJCBS-24-25-19-111