Effect of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on Kidney Functions

Assiut University120 enrolled

Overview

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. It is defined as the accumulation of fat (\>5%) in the liver cells in the absence of excessive alcohol intake or other causes of liver disease including viral, drug-induced, or autoimmune. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Liver Diseases

Interventions

glomerular filtration rateDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

collection of blood sample 5 milliliter for calculation of glomerular filtration rate

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: * All non alcoholic fatty liver disease patients evidenced by abdominal ultrasound. * Urine analysis whether normal or renal sedimentation. Exclusion criteria: 1. Alcoholic fatty liver patients. 2. patients known to have diabetes mellitus. 3. patients with other causes of liver disease as viral hepatitis, drug induced,or autoimmune. 4. patients known to have kidney disease. 5. Hypertension. 6. Hyperuricemia. 7. Impaired urea and creatinine patients.

Locations (1)

Ahmed Abbas

Assiut, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The percentage of patients with abnormal laboratory glomerular filtration rate

decreased glomerular filtration rate \<60 mL/minute will be considered abnormal

Time frame: 1 day

Central Contacts

Mahmoud Ali, MBBCh

CONTACT

00201144287363 ans1111eg@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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