Hígado graso no alcohólico y su asociación a la resistencia a la insulina y al daño vascular carotídeo
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: to determine whether there is any association between the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver and the resistance to insulin and carotidal vascular damage.Method: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with 75 patients at ages between 18 and 75 years who had consecutively been performed liver biopsy at Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital.Results: nonalcoholic fatty liver with resistance to insulin was present in 25 patients (78.12%), and without resistance to insulin in 7 patients (21.88%), while the group without nonalcoholic fatty liver presented 18 patients (41.86%) with resistance to insulin and 25 patients (58.14%) without resistance to insulin (p=0.001, P=0.000). Carotidal vascular damage was observed in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver and resistance to insulin in 21 patients (84%), while in the group of patients without nonalcoholic fatty liver and with resistance to insulin carotidal vascular damage was present in 4 patients (16%).Conclusions: nonalcoholic fatty liver is associated with resistance to insulin and carotidal vascular damage.
Source: Acta Médica
Authors: Raúl Orlando Calderín Bouza, Luis Blanco, Carlos Domínguez Álvarez, Pedro Evelio Velbes Marquetti, Marelys Yanes Quesada, Miguel A. Quesada
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2562576409