OBJECTIVES Metabolic factors are major risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease although other factors may also contribute to development of fatty liver disease. We explored the association between exposure to soil heavy metals and prevalence of fatty liver disease. METHODS We retrospectively analysed data from patients diagnosed with fatty liver disease in 2014 at the Health Evalua...

BACKGROUND Although many studies have attempted to clarify the association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and fatty liver disease, no prior studies have emphasized the relationship of HBV and fatty liver regarding different demographics of age and body mass index (BMI). AIM To investigate the correlation of HBV and fatty liver in the different demographics of age and BMI. METHODS...

patients and methods in the double-blind placebo study, 33 obese children with nafld from 2008 to 2009 were included. lifestyle intervention (balanced calorie diet, 1300-1800 kcal/d and physical activity) was prescribed to all. the patients were concurrently randomized to receive vitamin e 400 mg/d (n = 17)] or placebo (n = 16). results at the end of six months of therapy there was significant ...

OBJECTIVES The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is increasing. We sought to compare tumor characteristics and outcomes after a liver transplant according to the cause of liver disease and ethnicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (292, 23%) out of all the liver transplant recipient...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver is known in the general public as an epidemic disease. The purpose of this mini-review was to determine a link between physical education (PA) and the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) determine the influence of an exercise method (volume and kind of exercise) on being health outcome. Body mass index (BMI) was the good criteria for classifying obesity. I...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and all cause and cause specific mortality in a representative sample of the US general population. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING US Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III: 1988-94) with follow-up of mortality to 2006. PARTICIPANTS 11,371 adults aged 20-74 participating i...

Obesity is a chronic multifactorial disease characterized by excess adiposity. Adipose tissue hypertrophy favors lipid deposition in ectopic tissues, such as the liver, which development of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver (MAFLD), excessive accumulation lipids cytoplasm hepatocytes (fatty liver). Triglyceride overload observed obesity associated with inflammation and insulin resist...

Introduction: Nowadays, societies have witnessed a rapid increase of Fatty Liver, which is one the most common liver diseases worldwide, due to some changes in lifestyle and increased obesity metabolic syndrome.
 Case presentation: this study, patient under research was 41-year-old woman who diagnosed with grade 3 fatty caused by absence healthy diet lifestyle. She successfully treated usi...

background: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is characterized by fatty change of liver without inflammation. the aim of this study was to evaluate presence of clinical and metabolic components in non-diabetic patients with nafld and to assess the relationship between insulin resistance and these factors. materials andmethods: in this study, a group of 50 sonographically confirmed patie...