Epidemiology of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver among Adults (20-50 Yrs)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence, symptoms, risk factors, type of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver) among adults of Malappuram district in Kerala and also to estimate the association of non-alcoholic fatty liver in diabetes mellitus. The food habits of the people in Malappuram district are seemed to be unhealthy and they were more dependent on junk foods and the patients had a negative attitude towards the disease thus were avoiding even medications. The data was collected from 200 samples using questionnaire from different health clinics of Malappuram district. It was found that stage 1 NAFLD (53.7%) is the most popular among selected samples( p<0.05 level).Majority of patients were not aware about the seriousness and health hazards of non alcoholic fatty liver. 45.1 %of the sample had obesity, 35.3 % showed diabetes most of them were pre-diabetic and 10 % sample had high cholesterol level. Most of the patients had abdominal swelling and increased cholesterol level. NAFLD is strongly associated with or caused by type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome.