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Association of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Fatty Liver.
- Source :
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal . Dec2022, Vol. 72 Issue 6, p2018-2020. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess the association of fatty liver with type 2 diabetes and other socio-demographic factors among the patients at Pak Emirates military hospital Rawalpindi. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical Study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan from Aug 2019 to Jan 2020. Methodology: This study was conducted on 300 patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus reporting for a routine checkup at the medical Outpatient department. Fatty liver was diagnosed on ultrasound by a consultant radiologist. Results: Out of three hundred patients with diabetes mellitus included in the final analysis, 225(75.0%) were males, and 75(25.0%) were females. 176(58.6%) had fatty liver on ultrasound, while 124(41.4%) had no fatty liver on ultrasound examination at the time of the study. we found that increasing age, long duration of diabetes and poor control of illness had a statistically significant relationship with the presence of fatty liver among the target population (p<0.05). Conclusion: Patients with type 2 diabetes had a high frequency of fatty liver on routine ultrasound examinations. In addition, patients with more age, long duration of diabetes mellitus and poor control of illness were at a high risk of developing fatty liver among the study participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TYPE 2 diabetes
*FATTY liver
*MILITARY hospitals
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00309648
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161946974
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72i6.4551