However hepatosteatosis is a case that is frequently found during abdominal ultrasonographic examinations imposing differential diagnostic difficulties. Twenty-nine healthy adults enrolled this study. Estimate of weight, height and BMI were computed. Doppler US scans were made in all cases. Three grades of liver texture have been defined in US for classification of fatty infiltration.
Average findings belong to patients with hepatosteatosis are summarized at the Table.
No correlation was found between steatosis and height. Tacikowski in his group of patients with and without features of liver steatosis did not find any difference in relation with concentration of TG and high-density lipoprotein fraction. In our study we found a meaningful correlation between weight and liver steatosis grade. We therefore concluded that obesity had an influence on liver steatosis aetiology and on the other hand, while there wad an increase in lipid level it had no correlation with liver steatosis. The natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver.