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The clinicopathological profile of Indian patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is different from that in the West.Duseja A, Das A, Das R, Dhiman RK, Chawla Y, Bhansali A, Kalra N Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 060012, India. There are limited data on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) from India. The clinicopathological profile of Indian patients with NAFLD may be different from that of Western patients. One hundred NAFLD patients with increased liver enzymes were prospectively evaluated for clinical presentation, associated diseases, overweight/obesity, central obesity (n=54), presence of diabetes mellitus, lipid abnormalities, insulin resistance (n=39), metabolic syndrome (n=54), serum iron, serum ferritin, and transferrin saturation (n=60), and HFE gene mutations (n=30). Risk factors for the grade and stage of the disease on histology were studied in 38 biopsy-proven patients. Patients were treated with lifestyle modifications and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). Seventeen nonresponder patients were treated with metformin. The majority of patients were males (n=70). Twenty percent of patients were overweight, 68% had obesity, and 78% had central obesity. Abnormal cholesterol, HDL, and triglycerides were present in 36%, 66%, and 53% of patients, respectively. Twelve percent of patients had diabetes mellitus and 16% patients had various associated diseases. All 22 (100%) patients studied by ITT and all but 1 (98%) studied by HOMA-IR were found to have reduced insulin sensitivity and 50% were found to have metabolic syndrome by the modified ATP III criteria. Two (3%) patients were found to have high serum iron, 4 (7%) patients had high ferritin, 5 (8%) patients had increased transferrin saturation, and 4 (13%) patients were found to be heterozygotes for H63D HFE gene mutation. Twenty patients of 38 (53%) had histological evidence of NASH (class 3=6, class 4=14). The other 18 (47%) qualified for class I (n=1) or class II (n=17) NAFLD. Four (10.5%) patients had bridging fibrosis and none had evidence of cirrhosis liver. Seventy-four (74%) patients achieved a biochemical response to lifestyle modification and UDCA. All 17 patients treated with metformin had a reduction in ALT level and 10 (59%) of them had normalization of their enzymes. We conclude that the clinicopathological profile of NAFLD in Indian patients is different from that in the West. Published 9 August 2007 in Dig Dis Sci, 52(9): 2368-74.
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