Association between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)& raised Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT)

Aim: to determine the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) and raised carotid intima-media thickness methods: a total of 218 i.e. 109 with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and 109 normal subjects of age 30-45 years of either gender were included. patients with known diabetes,k/c of hypertension,known ihd and chronic renal failure were excluded. all the subjects were undergone abdominal and carotid ultrasound in order to assess nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and carotid imt measurement. three readings were recorded at each site and average measurement was used. results: the mean age in cases group was 37.51±4.07 years and in control group was 37.45±4.03 years. out of 218 patients,136(62.39%) were males and 82(37.61%) were females with male to female ratio of 1.7:1. frequency of raised cimt in cases group was seen in 62(56.88%) while in control group was seen in 41(37.61%) cases with a p-value of 0.004 and odds ratio of 2.1879 which is statistically significant and shows a positive association between nafld and raised cimt. conclusion: this study concluded that the frequency of raised carotid intima-media thickness is higher in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and shows the positive association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) and raised carotid intima-media thickness.