Level of physical Activity in Patients with Fatty Liver - A Cross Sectional study

Abstract

Background: Liver with fatty appearance illness is a common disorder that is caused by addition of extra fats in the liver.  Fats make up 5% to 10% of the weight of the liver, it becomes an issue and it is termed as steatosis.

Objective: To determine the tendency of physical activity in fatty liver patients.

Methodology: 232 patients were selected through non-probability convenient sampling technique and were   asked to fill the questionnaire (International physical activity questionnaire). The sample size was calculated by Rao soft. Chi square test was applied for checking association between physical activity and grades of Fatty liver patients

Results: A total n=100 participants with age of 47.82±10.79. Out of 100 participants 45(45%) were male and 55(55%) were female. Physical activity related to grades of fatty liver were categorized grade 1 the high physically active were 62.5%, moderate 72.9% and low physically active were 20%. In grade 2 high physically active were 37.5%, moderate 25.4% and low physically active were 48%. In grade 3 the high physically active were 3%, moderate 1.7% and low physically active were 32%, with significance difference of 0.05. 

Conclusion: The outcomes of current project showed that the trend of physical activity is low in fatty liver patients. The patients with high level of physical activity have grade 1 fatty liver. It is concluded from present study that high physical activity showed significant effect on control of fatty liver.

Keywords: Hepatitis, Fatty Liver Disease, MET, Physical Activity, IPAQ.