Comparing the Life Styles of Patients with and without Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Referring to Hospitals Affiliated to Medical Sciences Universities in Tehran in 2016 Download PDF

Background: life style is a combination of behavioral patterns and personal habits throughout life that Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFLD) is one of the life style-dependent diseases. This study aimed to compare the life styles of patients with and without NAFLD referring to medical sciences universities in Tehran. Methods and materials: this case-control study was conducted with the participation of 300 patients aged between 18 and 65 who referred to sonography ward. According to the results of sonography, these patients were assigned into experimental (100 patients) and control (200 patients) groups and were monitored using Demographic Information Questionnaire, Physical Activity Questionnaire, Food Frequency Questionnaire, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. To analyze data, descriptive and inferential statistics tests were used. Results: the means of healthy subjects were determined in life quality (46.33±5.39), BMI (22.47±1.97), and waist circumference (83.84±8.61) while in patients with NAFLD, different means were obtained for life quality (47.20±7.96), BMI (26.10±1.22), and waist circumference (98.83±28.7) where a significant difference was observed (p=0.001). Also, healthy subjects had more desirable physical activities and had low-cholesterol diets compared with patients with NAFLD (p=0.001). Conclusion: according to the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver as lifestyle-dependent disease, some aspects such as change in lifestyle and implementation of instructional interventions to increase awareness and improve attitudes of people to prevent and treat fatty liver are necessary.