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dc.contributor.author | Dassanayake, A.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rajindrajith, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kasturiratne, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kalubowila, U. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Silva, A.P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mizoue, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Makaya, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Silva, H.J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-14T04:49:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-10-14T04:49:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Medical Journal. 2008; 53(Supplement 1):25 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-0875 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10068 | |
dc.description | Oral Presentation Abstract (OP23), 121st Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008 Colombo, Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in the Asia-Pacific region. NAFLD can progress from simple steatosis, through steatohepatitis to advanced hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatoma. Its prevalence in Sri Lanka is not known. Objective: To investigate community prevalence and risk factors associated with NAFLD among adults in an urban Sri Lankan population. DESIGN, SETTING AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 2985 randomly selected subjects, 35-65 years old, resident in the Ragama Medical Officer of Health area. NAFLD was diagnosed on ultrasound criteria (presence of 2 out of 3: increased hepatic echogenicity compared to spleen or kidney, blurring of hepatic vasculature, deep attenuation of ultrasound signal), and when alcohol intake was <14 units/week for males and <7 units/week for females. Anthropometric and blood pressure (BP) measurements were made; fasting blood glucose, lipid profile and serum alanine transaminase (ALT) were estimated (normal cutoff values were based on revised ATP III criteria of metabolic syndrome for Asians). RESULTS: 974(35%) individuals had NAFLD [mean age 52.8 years (SD 7.3), 605 (62.1%) females]. On multivariate analysis, central obesity (BMI>25kg/m2 and/or waist circumference >90cm for males, >80cm females), elevated fasting plasma glucose (>100mg/dl), elevated diastolic BP (>85mmHg), elevated plasma triglycerides (>150mg/dl), elevated ALT (>twice the upper limit of normal), and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (<40mg/dl for men, <50mg/dl for women) were significantly associated with NAFLD. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of NAFLD among adults in this urban Sri Lankan community is as high as in western populations. NAFLD is associated with factors that constitute the metabolic syndrome. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sri Lanka Medical Association | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-epidemiology | en |
dc.title | Epidemiology of non- alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in an urban Sri Lankan population | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Abstract | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers |
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