Non alcholic fatty liver disease: Association with maternal diabetes

Objective: to seek relationship of ultrasonic fatty liver appearance with the maternal history of diabetes. study design: convenience sampling. settings: this study was conducted in radiology department of shalamar hospital in collaboration with jinnah hospital,lahore which is a tertiary care hospital. duration of study: it was completed in three months from 20th august to 20th november 2008. subjects and methods: first 100 consecutive patients in each hospital with ultrasonic finding of fatty liver were evaluated for its cause,excluding history of alcohol intake,particularly for maternal history of diabetes. results: out of 200 patients,70% of the fatty liver patients have positive maternal history of diabetes at some stage of their lives. among that 70%,85% mothers were suffering type ii diabetes and 10% were gestational diabetes and 5% were having type i diabetes. the remaining 30% having other causes including high fat intake,easy life style etc. conclusion: fatty liver appearance is strongly related with maternal history of diabetes particularly type ii.