The study of the predictive factors for the presence and severity of hepatic steatosis

Hepatic steatosis or “fatty liver“ is one of the most frequent hepatic diseases. n this study we try to find a correlation between the presence of hepatic steatosis (HS) and age, gender, body mass index (BMI), hypercholesterolemia (HCL), hyperglycemia (HG) and Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG). Can they predict the occurrence of hepatic steatosis? The study was randomized and prospective. We studied 727 subjects for 7 months. The subjects were from a physician's cabinet. The group was formed of 40% men and 60% women with age between 20 and 97 years old. For the evaluation of hepatic steatosis we used Ultrasound Siemens…