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Title: Epidemiology of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) among adults in an urban Sri Lankan community
Authors: Dassanayake, A.S.
Rajindrajith, S.
Kasturiratne, A.
Kalubowila, U.
de Silva, A.P.
Mizoue, T.
Makaya, M.
de Silva, H.J.
Keywords: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-epidemiology
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: American Gastroenterological Association(AGA) Institute, Published by Elsevier Inc.
Citation: Gastroenterology, 2008; 134( 4) Suppl 1: A-414
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), 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 and insulin, 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, male sex, presence of acanthosis nigricans, central obesity (BMI>25kg/m2 and/or waist circumference >90cm for males, >80cm females), elevated fasting plasma glucose (>100mg/dl),Insulin resistance(HOMA-IR>1), 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
Description: AGA Poster Session Abstract (M1764) Digestive Disease Week (DDW), May 17 – 22, 2008, San Diego, California
URI: http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/13781
ISSN: 0016-5085 (Print)
1528-0012 (Electronic)
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