Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Frequency among Healthy Blood Donors in the West of Iran
Journal Title: Archives of Hepatitis Research - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of NAFLD as well as the determination of associated metabolic abnormalities in Iranian blood donors. The aim of this study was to review cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a cause of elevated alanine aminotransferase in healthy blood donors and also assess risk factors of NAFLD such as BMI and correlation with metabolic syndrome in these subjects. Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has been increasingly recognized as the most common pathological conditions affecting the liver. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now recognized as the hepatic component of the metabolic syndrome, which includes hyperlipidemia, glucose intolerance, obesity, and systemic hypertension.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Alizadeh Amir Houshang, Hadizadeh Mohammad, Padashi Maryam, Ranjbar Mitra
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