Association of Fatty Liver Severity and Endothelial Function in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Patients

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) patients

  • Pashaura Singh Sandhu Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Govt Medical College, Amritsar
  • Jasdeep Singh Junior Resident, Department of Medicine, Govt Medical College, Amritsar
  • Ramesh Chander Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar
  • Alaipreet Kaur Junior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, RPGMC Tanda (HP)
Keywords: BAL- Bronchoalveolar lavage, CBNAAT- Cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test, PTB- Pulmonary tuberculosis, ZN- Ziehl-neelsen

Abstract

Background: Non alcoholic fatty liver disease is fast attaining the status of being the most common disease throughout the world. The present study was conducted to evaluate the association of fatty liver severity and endothelial function in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) patients. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted on 50 non-alcoholic fatty liver disease subjects (cases) and 50 healthy volunteers (controls). Biochemical tests such as serum bilirubin, total serum protein, serum albumin, serum globulin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and prothrombin index (PTI) were performed. Brachial artery diameter and its changes, post cuff-deflation were determined. Blood Flow mediated vasodilatation (FMD), was determined ultrasonographicaly. Results: The mean baseline brachial artery diameter in cases was 3.88 mm and in control was 3.77 mm. The difference found to be non- significant (p> 0.05). The mean post cuff deflation brachial artery diameter in cases was 4.03 mm and in control was 4.17 mm. The difference found to be significant (p< 0.05). The mean flow mediated vasodilatation in cases was 0.15 and in control was 0.40. The difference found to be highly significant (p< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that the mean FMD in brachial artery in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is below normal range. Reduced percent FMV was associated with NAFLD.

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Published
2020-04-30
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Pashaura Singh Sandhu, Singh, J., Ramesh Chander, & Kaur, A. (2020). Association of Fatty Liver Severity and Endothelial Function in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) Patients. Asian Journal of Medical Research, 9(1), ME13-ME16. Retrieved from http://aijournals.com/index.php/ajmr/article/view/1710