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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ghana: A Study of Prevalence, Severity, and Contributing Factors Using Transient Elastography.

Yaw Amo Wiafe, Mary Yeboah Afihene, Enoch Odame Anto, Richmond Ashitey Nmai, Lois Amoah-Kumi, Joseph Frimpong, Francis D Dickson, Samuel O Antwi, Lewis R Roberts

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yaw Amo WiafeDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-0944-0577
Mary Yeboah AfiheneDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Enoch Odame AntoDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Richmond Ashitey NmaiDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Lois Amoah-KumiDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Joseph FrimpongDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-9128-7208
Francis D DicksonNova Surgery Center, Accra, Ghana.
Samuel O AntwiDivision of Epidemiology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Lewis R RobertsDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7885-8574
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHJacksonville College · USMayo Clinic · USNova Medical (United States) · US

Funding

Mayo Clinic Hepatobiliary SPORE CA210964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and pancreatic islet cell dysfunction. T2DM is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) because of impaired glucose metabolism in both conditions. However, it is widely assumed that people with T2DM in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have a lower prevalence of NAFLD than in other parts of the world. With our recent access to transient elastography, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of, severity of, and contributing factors to NAFLD in persons with T2DM in Ghana. We performed a cross-sectional study recruiting 218 individuals with T2DM at the Kwadaso Seventh-Day Adventist and Mount Sinai Hospitals in the Ashanti region of Ghana using a simple randomized sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic information, clinical history, exercise and other lifestyle factors, and anthropometric measurements. Transient elastography was performed using a FibroScan

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controlled attenuation parameter scoreliver fibrosisnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseprevalencetype 2 diabetes mellitusweight management

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PMID37297935
PMCPMC10253760
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