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Study on the relationship between TCM syndrome types and dietary inflammation index in patients with NAFLD

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Registration Number
ITMCTR2100004825
Lead Sponsor
School of Nursing, Jinan University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

According to the dialectical classification in the Consensus of TCM Diagnosis and Treatment Experts in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (2017), 2 TCM physicians collected 20 patients with each of 5 TCM syndromes.
1. Liver enlargement, flat, smooth, soft, blunt round edge, no obvious tenderness, and no other confirmed liver disease.
2. The causes of fatty liver mentioned above in the past history. If alcoholic fatty liver has a long history of alcoholism, especially high alcohol content of liquor. Obesity, diabetes, intravenous high-energy nutrition, the use of relevant drugs and exposure to poisons all have their own clinical symptoms and signs, which are easy to distinguish.
3. The TCM diagnostic criteria mainly refer to the relevant items in the Guiding Principles for Clinical Research of New Chinese Medicine, and meet the diagnostic criteria for fatty liver, and the TCM syndrome differentiation is the syndrome of dampness, heat, inflammation and stasis. If patients appear bilge pain discomfort, lower abdominal pain, or pain even lumbosacral, through the blood volume or long period, thick or clamps more mucus, yellow thick.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with a history of alcohol intake > 20g/ day;
2. Patients with other liver diseases (such as viral, drug-induced, autoimmune liver diseases, etc.);
3 Patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are suspected;
4. Complicated with other serious systemic diseases or infectious diseases, such as: malignant tumor, serious heart and lung diseases, nervous system diseases, HIV infection, etc.;
5. Inability to do diet control and aerobic exercise due to illness or other reasons;
6. Chronic viral hepatitis, schistosomiasis liver, liver parasites and other liver diseases were excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
HDL-C;alanine transaminase;Liver function;TG;TC;Dietary Inflammatory Index;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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