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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Frequency among Healthy Blood Donors in the West of Iran

Journal: Archives of Hepatitis Research (Vol.2, No. 1)

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Page : 001-004

Keywords : Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Body mass index; Metabolic syndrome; Blood donors;

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Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of NAFLD as well as the determination of associated metabolic abnormalities in Iranian blood donors. The aim of this study was to review cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a cause of elevated alanine aminotransferase in healthy blood donors and also assess risk factors of NAFLD such as BMI and correlation with metabolic syndrome in these subjects.

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