Endocrine Abstracts

Among individuals who came for master health check up to Apollo hospitals, Chennai between June 2011 to November 2011, 750 patients were recruited based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Those who showed fatty liver on ultrasonography were compared with those who had normal liver parenchyma. People with acute medical illness, known hepatic disease, known renal disease, people who consume excessive alcohol (>20 g/day), patients on medications that cause hepatotoxicit...