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Volume 13 Issue 7 (July) 2024

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To study Uric acid as risk factor in non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients
Puneet Rijhwani, Chinmay, Deepak Gupta, Pradeep Agarwal, Ram Kishan Jat, Shrikant Choudhary, Ambika Tyagi, Abhishek Sanadhya, Vidita Kalra, Mansi Setia

Aim: To study the prevalence of Uric Acid as risk factor associated with severity of NAFLD. Objectives: Primary objective: To assess prevalence of uric acid in NAFLD patients. Secondary objective: To assess association of uric acid as risk factor in NAFLD patients. Methodology: Present study was an observational prospective study between January 2023 to June 2024 in patients between age group 25-65 years attend OPD/IPD services at Department of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Jaipur. Results: In this comparative analysis of hyperuricemia prevalence between individuals with and without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), significant differences were observed. Among the 160 participants without NAFLD, 18 individuals (11.2%) were identified as having hyperuricemia. In contrast, among the 160 participants diagnosed with NAFLD, a notably higher proportion, comprising 55 individuals (34.4%), exhibited hyperuricemia. Statistical analysis revealed a highly significant p-value of less than 0.0001, indicating a strong association between the presence of NAFLD and the prevalence of hyperuricemia. Conclusion: The association between uric acid levels and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been a subject of growing interest in recent years. In current study, elevated uric acid levels were significantly associated with NAFLD (p < 0.0001), supporting the link between hyperuricemia and NAFLD (Zhu et al., 2014).

 
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