Metabolic syndrome in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A comparison between simple steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9780494213377
Description: In NASH patients, Insulin Resistance and other characteristics of the MS were more evident than in SS patients. These differences could not be attributed to nutritional intake and physical activity.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease may be described either as simple steatosis (SS), which has a benign course, or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can progress to liver failure. This difference in outcome may be due to higher development of the metabolic syndrome (MS). Therefore, this research compared characteristics associated with MS in SS and NASH, and the relationship with nutritional intake and physical activity was investigated.In conclusion, patients with NASH, despite similar lifestyle habits, had more advanced characteristics of the MS compare to SS.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1462.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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