The association of vitamin D deficiency with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

• Autor(a) principal: Küçükazman, Metin
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Ata, Naim, Dal, Kür?at, Yeniova, Abdullah Özgür, Kefeli, Ay?e, Basyigit, Sebahat, Aktas, Bora, Akin, Kadir Okhan, A?ladio?lu, Kadir, Üre, Öznur Sari, Topal, Firdes, Nazligül, Ya?ar, Beyan, Esin, Ertugrul, Derun Taner
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Clinics
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/clinics/article/view/83972

OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D deficiency has been related to diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and peripheral vascular disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of vitamin D status in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. METHODS: We included 211 consecutive subjects to examine the presence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Of these subjects, 57 did not have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and 154 had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. RESULTS: The non-alcoholic fatty liver disease group had significantly higher fasting blood glucose (p = 0.005), uric acid (p = 0.001), aspartate aminotransferase (p