Abstract
DIETARY PATTERNS AMONG PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED DIABETES TYPE 2 AND FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN AL MUTHANA CITY: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
*Suha Abdullah Naji, Besmah Mohammed Ali, Najah Salman abd and Salwan Abdullah Naji
ABSTRACT
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the dietary patterns of Iraqi patients with non- alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and newly diagnosed DM2. Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study, that include 70 Iraqi patients (35 patients for each gender), aged between (30 and 70 years) with new(below one year duration DM2) with NAFLD., The assessment of their dietary intake during the last 6 months was done through utilizing. NAFLD was diagnosed by using ultrasonography showing specific changes of that disease with its grade. Results: A 18 out of 70 patients was found to have NAFLD. There were statistically significant higher rates of consumption of (western diet items)with (p-value 0.004) corresponding to(32.8%) with differing grades followed by DM2 diet (8.5%), as well as there were statistically significant association with BMI (p-value 0.01) and gender (p-value 0.082). Conclusion: The current study has found that the diet type is a great influencer to developing NAFLD in diabetes paitent beside other variables shortly after having the disease with higher rates to those following western diet in adult Iraqis.
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