comparison of the nutritional pattern of patients with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver in tehran

Background: high prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obesity and lifestyle disorders. the present study was conducted to compare the nutritional pattern of patients with and without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease referred to hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences in 2017.method and materials: this study case-control performed on 300 outpatients and inpatients patients having 18- 65 years referred to the ultrasonography section of hospitals and the method of sampling was convenience. according to the results of ultrasonography, these subjects were divided into two groups: case (100 patients) and control group (200 subjects). the data were analyzed using spss version 19, descriptive statistics and mann-whitney test.findings: there was a significant difference between the mean consumption of unhealthy foods in the case group compared to the control group (p=0.001), while those with fatty liver reported a lower average intake of fruit and vegetable in their food basket, which showed a significant difference (p=0.001).conclusion: the results showed that people with fatty liver complied with poor dietary habits compared to patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver. regarding the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver, lifestyle changes and the implementation of educational interventions to increase awareness and improve the attitude of individuals and conduct appropriate further studies to prevent and treat the fatty liver are necessary.