Open AccessAlcohol use and alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective, communitybased study among adults in an urban community in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Madunil Anuk Niriella,
Anuradhani Kasturiratne,
Thulani Beddage,
Shamila Thivanshi De Silva,
Anuradha S Dassanayake,
A. Pathmeswaran,
Anura Wickramasinghe,
Norihiro Kato,
Hithanadura Janaka de Silva
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v67i2.9630
Subject(s) - medicine , fatty liver , waist , anthropometry , incidence (geometry) , population , alcohol , body mass index , environmental health , disease , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , optics
Data on the alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) is limited. Therefore, we investigated alcohol use and AFL patterns among urban, adult Sri Lankans.