background :timely diagnosis of liver cirrhosis is vital for preventing further liver damage and giving the patient the chance of transplantation. although biopsy of the liver is the gold standard for cirrhosis assessment, it has some risks and limitations and this has led to the development of new noninvasive methods to determine the stage and prognosis of the patients. we aimed to design an a...

conclusions in the chinese han population that we studied, nafld patients who carry the tnf-α-238 ga polymorphism have an increased risk of developing cad. mechanisms underlying this potentially important association require further investigation. background cardiovascular events account for the main cause of death in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), and are largely infl...

conclusion the prevalence of nafld in this group of iranian adult general population is 21.5%. nafld in iranian population is associated with male gender, old age, obesity, and features of metabolic syndrome. results 819 subjects were included in this study among which were 340 males (41.5%) and 479 females (58.5%) with the mean age of 43.1 ± 14.1 years. nafld was diagnosed in 176 (21.5%) subje...

conclusions lepr q223r polymorphisms may confer a significant risk of nafld and coronary atherosclerosis. the a allele in the k109r polymorphism might be considered an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis in nafld patients. objectives to investigate the association of lepr polymorphisms at q223r and k109r with the risks of nafld and coronary atherosclerosis in the chinese han po...

results although a hypocaloric diet could prevent the progression of fat accumulation in liver, the diet composition is another aspect which should be considered in diet therapy of patients with nafld. conclusions several studies assessed the effects of dietary composition on fat storage in liver; however, their findings are inconsistent. most studies focused on the quantity of carbohydrate and...

Fatty liver disease is a most common affecting wide range of population worldwide. It caused due to excessive fat accumulation in cells resulting inflammation liver. There are various symptoms such as confusion, fatigue, weakness etc. Over-eating the major lifestyle factor causing fatty disease. Alcoholic intake results alcoholic Ajirna (indigestion), Sthaulya (obesity) and Prameha (diabetes me...

BACKGROUND & AIMS The diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis staging are central to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease assessment. We evaluated multiparametric magnetic resonance in the assessment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis using histology as standard in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. METHODS Seventy-one patients with suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver ...

prevalence and severity of non-alcoholic  fatty liver disease (nafld) in morbidly obese patients before and after modified intestinal surgery