Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a common cause of chronic liver diseases in developed countries. Ultrasound imaging is widely used in evaluation of liver disease. The alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase are common laboratory investigations in diagnosing liver diseases. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted at the Rizgary and Hawler teaching hospitals from March to 2021 to April 2022 on sample of one hundred and fifty adult patients with non-alcoholic liver fatty disease. After excluding other cause of increasing liver echogenicity, patients were diagnosed as having NAFLD if they have elevated liver enzymes with a report of fatty liver in sonographic evaluation. Results: Mean ALT of patients was (88.3 U/L); 3% of them had normal ALT, 34% of them had ALT of 57-80 U/L, 45.3% of them had ALT of 81-100 U/L and 18.7% of patients had ALT of more than 100 U/L. while and mean AST of NAFLD patients was (28.5 U/L); 10% of them had high AST. The result shows a highly significant association between increasing of ALT level and advanced grading of NAFLD.
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