G. Bhaskar1 , Z. Farhat Jabeen2
BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the common non communicable diseases. A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with regard to the body mass index (BMI). METHODS This study was conducted in the Department of Internal Medicine, Thanjavur Medical College, for 10 months. Individuals with type 2 DM, newly diagnosed or on follow up cases were included in the study. Weight was measured, BMI was calculated. The participants were subjected for ultrasonographic examination, based on findings graded as 0, 1, 2 and grade 3 fatty liver (FL). p 60 years. Gender wise, grade 1 FL was higher (52.7%) among female population. NAFLD with BMI ranged from 18.5 to 24.99. CONCLUSIONS Prevalence of NAFLD was high among T2DM patients. BMI can be used as a predictive and prognostic marker for NAFLD and obesity is the most important risk factor. Grade 1 FL was identified to be more common.
