Study of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver in UAE Using Ultrasound

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) induced fatty liver is widely believed to be a benign condition. And it is a common cause of chronic liver disease This study was carried out tostudy the incidence & Prevalence of Nonalcoholic infiltration in United Arab Emirate (UAE) using ultrasound . In this study 144patients were examined (72-males 50%and-72-females50% )by U/S randomly selected who were referred to the interdisciplinary ultrasound department of the Al Maqtaa clinic (UAE –Abu Dhabi) for sonographic examination of the abdomen in the period from 2014-to-2015 , with their ages ranged from 20 to 79 years In this study, 50 subjects were diagnosed to have Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD( and 94 subjects were identified to have no fatty changes in the liver. Subjects with elevated ALT were higher in the Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease)NAFLD( group. A higher percentage of subjects with NAFLD had diabetes Mellitus. Percentages with hypertension and dyslipidemia were also higher in the NAFLD group. 10 (34.6%) patients with Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD ) had diabetes mellitus, and 7 (24.2 %) patients had hypertension ,and 12 (41.2 %)patients had Both diabetes mellitus &hypertension . It summaries that a high prevalence of ultrasound-diagnosed Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)in patients with referral for sonographic examination of the abdomen among adults in United Arab Emirate community is as high as in Western countries, and appears to be higher than figures reported from East and South-East Asia. NAFLD was associated with obesity, diastolic hypertension, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia, which are constituents of the metabolic syndrome. The Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is most common liver disorder in Economically developed countries,is the most common cause of elevated liver enzymes in most of the patients and it’s a serious and growing clinical problem.