Open AccessIdentification of Metabolic risk phenotypes predisposing to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Pakistani Cohort
Author(s) -
Rizwana Abdul Ghani,
Muhammad Saqlain,
Maryam Zafar,
Shagufta Jabeen,
Syed Muhammad Saqlan Naqvi,
Ghazala Kaukab Raja
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.331.11445
Subject(s) - medicine , fatty liver , dyslipidemia , anthropometry , cohort , obesity , disease , metabolic syndrome , population , cohort study , environmental health
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged in the last two decades with worldwide prevalence of 25.24%. Due to its increasing frequency in Pakistan, it was aimed to identify disease predisposing metabolic risks and their association with NAFLD.