Is Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Indeed the Hepatic Manifestation of Metabolic Syndrome?

Title:Is Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Indeed the Hepatic Manifestation of Metabolic Syndrome?

Volume: 16 Issue: 3

Author(s): Niki Katsiki, Pablo Perez-Martinez, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis*Asterios Karagiannis

Affiliation:

• Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki,Greece

Keywords: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk, risk factors, anti-obesity drugs, antidiabetic drugs, hypolipidaemic drugs, antihypertensive drugs.

Abstract: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of central obesity, dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance and hypertension. MetS frequently co-exists with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is characterized by fat accumulation in the liver in the absence of alcohol abuse, viral hepatitis and other causes of chronic liver diseases. Both MetS and NAFLD are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. There are also other associations between MetS and NAFLD.

In the present narrative review, we discuss the links between MetS and NAFLD in terms of prevalence, risk factors and treatment (both lifestyle interventions and drug therapy). Such associations highlight the common pathophysiological pathways of these metabolic disorders, although data for an independent association are not robust. Nevertheless, NAFLD may be regarded as a hepatic manifestation of MetS.

Cite this article as:

Katsiki Niki , Perez-Martinez Pablo , Anagnostis Panagiotis , Mikhailidis P. Dimitri*, Karagiannis Asterios , Is Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Indeed the Hepatic Manifestation of Metabolic Syndrome?, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2018; 16(3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161115666170621075619