SMJ Article | Perspectives
Know Your Guidelines Series: Diagnosis and Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Primary Care and Endocrinology Clinical Settings
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a spectrum of liver disease without ongoing or significant alcohol use that ranges from hepatic steatosis to cirrhosis. NAFLD is associated with obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension, and dyslipidemia.1,2 Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents the progression of NAFLD with at least...