Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A New Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease?

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A New Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease?

The non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), highly prevalent in adult population of developed countries has been widely cited as a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome or as a component of it. Significantly related to cardiovascular disease, its true role in this context remains without adequate elucidation probably due to frequent presence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with NAFLD.