Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Philippines: Comparable with other nations?

Table 3 Comparison between studies of the characteristic features of NAFLD patients

Study	No. of patients	Age (yr)	Female (%)	Diabetes (%)	Obesity (%)	Hepatomegaly (%)
Ludwig (1988)18	20	54	65	50	90	67
Diehl (1988)28	39	52	81	55	71	20
Lee (1989)25	49	53	78	51	69	-
Powell (1990)26	42	49	83	36	95	81
Bacon (1994)27	33	47	42	21	39	21
Matteoni (1999)29	132	53	53	33	70	92
Khurram (2003)31	50	47	54	44	66	76
Our study (2005)	134	42	71	69	60	56