Multipronged approach to assess risk factors for Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Aizuddin Hidrus and Serene En Hui Tung and Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim and Firdaus Hayati (2022) Multipronged approach to assess risk factors for Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Oman Medical Journal, 37. pp. 1-2.

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Abstract

We read with great interest the article by Mohamed et al,1 recently published in the Oman Medical Journal. The article has highlighted the prevalence and risk factors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bahrain. We agree that the authors have included an impressive number of covariates in determining the risk factors of NAFLD. However, we notice that in the case of metabolic syndrome, the reference used was Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines instead of the harmonized criteria which is ethnic-specific in waist circumference measures with a lower cut-off for fasting blood glucose.2 In future studies, we suggest that the authors may consider using the harmonized criteria to ensure all possible causes of metabolic syndrome are detected. In addition, the demographic data in Table 1 mentioned cardiovascular risks as one of the variables; however, we could not elicit it in the univariate analysis.1 We are wondering whether it is associated with physical activity or other variables.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	liver disease , diabetes mellitus , cardiovascular
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology > QP1-(981) Physiology > QP501-801 Animal biochemistry R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ1-570 Pediatrics > RJ370-550 Diseases of children and adolescents
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User:	ABDULLAH BIN SABUDIN -
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2025 16:18
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2025 16:18
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42566

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