• Pak J Med Sci · Sep 2018

    Frequency of incidental fatty liver on ultrasound and its association with diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

    • Rabbia Zubair, Masoom Mirza, Javeria Iftikhar, and Nida Saeed.
    • Dr. Rabbia Zubair, FCPS. Assistant Professor. Department of Surgery, Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
    • Pak J Med Sci. 2018 Sep 1; 34 (5): 1137-1141.

    ObjectiveTo see the frequency of incidental fatty liver on ultrasound and its association with diabetes mellitus and hypertension.MethodsA cross sectional study was conducted from January 2016 to June 2016 in the department of Surgery and Radiology at Hamdard University Hospital. Patients of both genders and all ages were selected by non purposive convenience sampling. Critically ill, trauma cases and all those patients who had a history of chronic liver disease, alcohol intake and expected pregnancy were excluded. Blood pressure and random blood sugar were recorded.ResultsSix hundred patients were included in the study with mean age of 44.65±18.8 years. 240 patients (40%) had incidental finding of fatty liver on ultrasound. Out of 240 with fatty liver patients 117 were males (48.8%) and 123 were females (51.3%). Total 141 patients were diagnosed with hypertension, out of which 81(57.44%, p< 0.001) had fatty liver on ultrasound. Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 84 patients, in which 57 patients (67.8%, p<0.001) had fatty liver.ConclusionFatty liver is a frequently found incidental finding on ultrasound. There is a significant association of fatty liver with diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

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