D Whittle

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Jamaican Patient Population

Issue:

Vol 65, Issue 3: 2016

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2015.349

Pages:

557-60

Synopsis:

Prevalence of NAFLD on abdominal ultrasound was 2.4%. Increased BMI was present in 85.5%. Risk factors identified were age, obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidaemia. Hepatomegaly was present in 10.7% of patients, elevated serum AST in 21.2% of patients tested and elevated ALT in 3.7%.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study determined the prevalence and clinical features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease over a 6 year period in a patient population.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with fatty liver disease by ultrasound and/or liver biopsy between June 2006 to June 2012 at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica were reviewed.

Received:

25 Jun, 2015

Accepted:

21 Aug, 2015

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