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July 5, 2022Journal of Pharmaceutical Research InternationalOpen Access

Waist to Height Ratio is a Better Predictor of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the South Asian Population

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Why the study?

Numerous obesity indices have been developed to predict NAFLD, but their comparative diagnostic performance needed evaluation.

Does waist-to-height ratio better predict NAFLD compared to other obesity indices in a South Asian population?

Population

300 hospital outpatients

Comparison

WHtR vs WC vs BMI vs FLI for diagnosing NAFLD

Design

Cross-sectional study

Authors

SKSandeep KumarIllinois CollegeFHFarina HanifCivil Hospital KarachiRMRajesh MandhwaniInternational Hospital of Bahrain

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Implication

WHtR may aid NAFLD screening in outpatients; leaves open optimal thresholds and outcome impact pending prospective studies.

Structured PICO

Does waist-to-height ratio better predict NAFLD compared to other obesity indices in a South Asian population?

P
Population
300 South Asian outpatients
I
Intervention
Waist to height ratio (WHtR)
C
Comparator
Fatty liver index (FLI), waist circumference (WC), and body mass index (BMI)
O
Outcome
Diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) based on ultrasound abdomensurrogate

Waist-to-height ratio is a simple and strong predictor of NAFLD in South Asian populations, performing slightly better than the fatty liver index.

Cite This Study

Kumar et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a48d41c70e695d8435950https://doi.org/10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i43b36318
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