The Risk Factors of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery in Iran.

Ladan Aghakhani Neda Haghighat Masoud Amini Seyed Vahid Hosseini Seyed Jalil Masoumi

Published in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2022)

More severe NAFLD was associated with increased weight and BMI. Elevated ALT, AST, TG, and FBS levels and decreased HDL-C levels were also the risk factors of NAFLD and its progress to more severe conditions.

Keyphrases

bariatric surgery
risk factors
weight loss
obese patients
patients undergoing
body mass index
early onset
weight gain
adipose tissue
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
drug induced
body weight