The study demonstrated that these parameters can supplement the evaluation of liver cirrhosis and will be able to distinguish the different grades of liver cirrhosis using Doppler ultrasound.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most prevailing liver diseases worldwide. NAFLD is a defect at metabolic level that includes steatosis or hepatic fatty infiltration. Besides liver related mortality and morbidity, non-alcoholic fatty disease is also associated with serious complications of other organs, such as heart diseases. Objective: To assess the dietary patterns among patients suffering from fatty liver disease. Method: It was a cross sectional study conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Shaikh Zayed Hospital, both are Tertiary care hospital of Lahore. Data was collected by self made questionnaire 270 patients were selected between the age of 19-65 years. A non probability convenient sampling technique was used and data was further analyzed by mean of SPSS v.25.0. Result: It was observed that 65.2% patients were consumers of cold drink, 56.4% patients were consumer of fatty food , 64.8% patients were skipping their meal.74.6% patients have no physical activity, 69.7%patients were overweight ,61% fatty liver patients were diabetic and 71.2% patients were not taking any type of supplements. Conclusion: Current study concluded that less physical activity, consumption of fatty food, cold drinks and less intake of nutritional supplements were responsible for this disease.
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