Frequency of incidental fatty liver on ultrasound and its association with diabetes mellitus and hypertension

To see the frequency of incidental fatty liver on ultrasound and its association with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. A cross sectional study was conducted from January 2016 to June 2016 in the department of Surgery and Radiology at Hamdard University Hospital. Patients of both genders and all a...

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Published in:	Pakistan journal of medical sciences 2018-09, Vol.34 (5), p.1137-1141
Main Authors:	Zubair, Rabbia, Mirza, Masoom, Iftikhar, Javeria, Saeed, Nida
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Abdomen Age Alcohol use Blood pressure Blood sugar Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Fatty liver Hospitals Hypertension Insulin resistance Liver Liver diseases Metabolism Original Population Type 2 diabetes Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:	To see the frequency of incidental fatty liver on ultrasound and its association with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. A cross sectional study was conducted from January 2016 to June 2016 in the department of Surgery and Radiology at Hamdard University Hospital. Patients of both genders and all ages were selected by non purposive convenience sampling. Critically ill, trauma cases and all those patients who had a history of chronic liver disease, alcohol intake and expected pregnancy were excluded. Blood pressure and random blood sugar were recorded. Six hundred patients were included in the study with mean age of 44.65±18.8 years. 240 patients (40%) had incidental finding of fatty liver on ultrasound. Out of 240 with fatty liver patients 117 were males (48.8%) and 123 were females (51.3%). Total 141 patients were diagnosed with hypertension, out of which 81(57.44%, p< 0.001) had fatty liver on ultrasound. Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 84 patients, in which 57 patients (67.8%, p
ISSN:	1682-024X 1681-715X