Authors : Manoj Kumar Sah; Niyanta Karki; Ajit khanal; Sankar Baral; Bhuwneshwer Yadav; Jiwan Thapa
Volume/Issue : Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 3 - March
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Serum vitamin D level is deficient in many
metabolic diseases and NAFLD. To discern the level of
vitamin D among the patients with Obesity, Diabetes
mellitus, Hypothyroidism, Dyslipidemia, Metabolic
syndrome and NAFLD.
A prospective hospital based observational study
conducted from May 2019 for twelve months period in
Medicine department, Bir hospital, NAMS, Nepal.
Seventy patients with known fatty liver and its severity
as assessed by Ultrasonogram after sorting out the
exclusion criteria were enrolled. Patients were evaluated
for Vitamin D level and its effects on obesity, diabetes
mellitus, thyroid related disease, NAFLD and
dyslipidemias. The level of vitamin D is correlated with
the grade of the fatty liver and fibrotic stages of liver
assessed by 2 d shear wave elastography.
Baseline Characteristics among seventy patients,
male were 39(55.7%) and female were 31(44.3%) with
mean age of the patients being 44.3 years. Among them,
overweight with mean BMI of 28.2, kg/m2and most of
them were of more than 25kg/m2being 51(72.9%).
Diabetes mellitus was 41.4%, hypertension in 77.1%,
hypothyroidism in 30% and metabolic syndrome in
25.9%.More than 90% of vitamin D level is insufficient
in all Metabolic diseases. The grade of fatty liver by
ultrasound were mild in 64.28%, moderate in 25.72%
and severe in only 10 %.The mean fibrosis of 7.07 kpa
was noted in Mild grade fatty liver, similarly mean
fibrosis of 8.22 kpa in Moderate grade and 18.16 kpa in
severe grade of fatty liver. The mean value of vitamin d
for Mild grade were 22.61iu/ml, Moderate grade 24.89
iu/ml and for severe 17.4 iu/ml .
The high prevalence of Vitamin D insufficiency is
noted in individuals with obesity, Diabetes mellitus,
Metabolic syndrome, Hypothyroidism, Dyslipidemia and
NAFLD. The level of vitamin D is directly associated
with the grade of fatty liver and the stages of fibrosis