Review Article
Nutrition and Physical Activity in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Table 1
Clinical signs and symptoms and laboratory picture of NAFLD.
| | Frequently asymptomatic | High ALT (2–4x) | | Vague and unspecific symptoms | High GGT (2–6x) | | Abdominal right upper quadrant discomfort | Mild elevation of AST (can be elevated in cirrhosis) | | Fatigue | | Dyspepsia | | Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) | Blood glucose > 100 mg/dL | | High blood pressure | Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL | | Central adiposity | Total cholesterol > 200 mg/dL | | Hepatomegaly (in 50%) | LDL > 130 mg/dL | | Splenomegaly (in 25%) | HDL < 45 mg/dL |
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NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; BMI: body mass index; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; LDL: low density lipoproteins; HDL: high density lipoprotein.
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