Hepatic steatosis is associated with anthropometry, cardio-metabolic disease risk, sex, age and urbanisation, but not with ethnicity in adult Kenyans

Publication: Tropical Medicine and International Health

Sophie E. Kastberg, Helene S. Lund, Emanuella de Lucia-Rolfe, Lydia U. Kaduka, Michael K. Boit, Eva Corpeleijn, Henrik Friis, Sophie Bernard, Martine Paquette, Alexis Baas,

26 October 2021


Summary

Liver fat accumulation (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) is associated with obesity, especially abdominal obesity. It is also associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol levels in the blood.  In sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about liver fat accumulation, and the association with obesity levels and risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Researchers studied 750 adults from different ethnic groups in rural and urban Kenya using ultrasound scanning in order to determine liver fat accumulation and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors.

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