A Study of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Metabolic Syndrome Patients
Pinky Karam
Department of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (Affiliated to Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
V. S. Kalaiselvi
Department of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (Affiliated to Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
B. Shanthi *
Department of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (Affiliated to Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study aims to determine the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in metabolic syndrome patients to find out the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the already diagnosed metabolic syndrome patients selected from the South Indian population. Find out the correlation and general characteristics of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with metabolic syndrome. To determine the potential risk factors for developing steatohepatitis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease cases with metabolic syndrome and establish the risk categories for developing steatohepatitis in these patients. There is an increased prevalence of all the factors of metabolic syndrome and changes are seen in biochemical markers in nonalcoholic fatty liver cases.
Keywords: Metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, and hypertension