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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Oriental Scientific Publishing Company</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal</journalTitle>
          <issn>0974-6242</issn>
            <publicationDate>2020-12-30</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>13</volume>
        <issue>4</issue>

 
    <startPage>1893</startPage>
    <endPage>1897</endPage>

	 
      <doi>10.13005/bpj/2065</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>36051</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Assessment of Liver Enzymes Levelamong  Obesesudanese Individuals in Khartoum State-Sudan</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Elyasa Elfaki</name>

 
		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Alneil Hamza</name>


		
	<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>

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      <author>
       <name>Malak Ahmed</name>

		
	<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Mariam Ibrahim</name>

		
	<affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Ezedine KAbdalhabib</name>

		
	<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Trig Karar5</name>

		
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences,Jouf University, Qurayyat,77423.</affiliationName>
    

		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Jouf University, Qurayyat,77423.</affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Department of Clinical Chemistry, College of  Medical Laboratory Sciences, Elrazi University ,Khartoum,79371.</affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="4">Department of Clinical Chemistry, College of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Sudan University of Science and Technology ,Khartoum,79371</affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="5">Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh ,11543</affiliationName>
    
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #1c1e29;">Introduction:</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> Overweight and obesity prevalence continues to increase and worldwide growing epidemic health problems. Obesity imposes a significant effect on liver functions that may be associated with a substantial risk factor for the development of several non-communicable diseases, considerable disability, and premature death.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #1c1e29;">Objective:</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> To estimate and compare serum activity of ALT, ALP, and GGT among healthy and obese Sudanese individuals. </span><span style="color: #1c1e29;">Materials</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> and</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> meth</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;">ods:</span><strong><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #1c1e29;">a total number of 80 participants were enrolled in this cross-sectional study, and they were categorized into 40 obese and 40 normal-weight individuals. Serum liver enzyme activity was measured for each participant.</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;">R</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;">esults:</span><strong><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #1c1e29;">A significant increase was found in ALT, ALP, and GGT levels among the obese group. There is a statistical difference of GGT level mean between gender within the obese group. A positive correlation was observed between the BMI and serum level of ALT (r=0.343, p =0.002), ALP (r=0.503, p &lt;0.001) and GGT (r=0.237, p= 0.034) and positive correlation between obesity duration and GGT level (r=0.461, p =0.003).</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;">Conclusion:</span><span style="color: #1c1e29;"> Study results revealed that obesity was associated with a substantial elevation in liver enzymes that considered risk factors for liver diseases in Sudanese individuals.</span></p></abstract>

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<keywords language="eng">

      
        <keyword>Liver Diseases</keyword>
      

      
        <keyword> Liver Enzymes</keyword>
      

      
        <keyword> Obesity</keyword>
      

      
        <keyword> Sudanese Individuals</keyword>
      
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