Author(s)

Clausina Ahoui-Apendi^1,2, Ngala Akoa Itoua-Ngaporo^1,2, Arnaud Mongo-Onkouo^1,2, Moubié Malanda Merveille², Jile Florient Mimiesse^1,2, Nestor Andzouana Bahamognoua^2,3, Régis Moyikoua^2,4, Rody Stéphane Ngami^1,2, Ngalessami Mouakosso Marlyse¹, Deby Gassaye^1,2, Blaise Irénée Atipo Ibara^1,2, Ibara Jean-Rosaire^1,2

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, CHU Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo.
²Faculty of Health Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo.
³Department of Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, CHU Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo.
⁴Radiology Department, Brazzaville University Hospital, Brazzaville, Congo.

Objective: To study the epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical particularities of fatty liver disease in patients with metabolic syndrome. Patients and Method: This was a cross-sectional and analytical study carried out over a period of seven months, from February 1 to September 30, 2019, in the outpatient services of Gastroenterology and Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases of the Brazzaville University Hospital. It interested all patients with metabolic syndrome, according to the criteria of the FID harmonized in 2009, namely known diabetic and hypertensive patients, having abdominal obesity. Results: The variables studied were socio-demographic, clinical, morphological and biological. The search for fatty liver was done using an abdominal ultrasound. Results: During the study period, 124 patients with metabolic syndrome were included. The average age of the population was 52.8 ± 12 years with extremes ranging from 30 and 84 years. The population was mainly female with a Sex-Ratio of 2.54 (F/M). The frequency of fatty liver disease was 38.7%. The frequency of dyslipidemia was high in the study. Conclusion: The prevalence of hepatic steatosis is high in patients with metabolic syndrome at Brazzaville University Hospital. The gender, lack of occupation and high level of education were the factors associated with fatty liver disease.

Fatty Liver, Metabolic Syndrome, Brazzaville

Ahoui-Apendi, C. , Itoua-Ngaporo, N. , Mongo-Onkouo, A. , Merveille, M. , Mimiesse, J. , Bahamognoua, N. , Moyikoua, R. , Ngami, R. , Mouakosso Marlyse, N. , Gassaye, D. , Ibara, B. and Jean-Rosaire, I. (2020) Hepatic Steatosis in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome at the Brazzaville University Hospital Center. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 10, 119-127. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2020.106012.