According to a study conducted at the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetes in adults without obesity. Although it is well-established that NAFLD frequently occurs in the obese population, there is a rising concern with a substantial proportion of non-obese individuals developing NAFLD. However, the relationship between NAFLD and diabetes in non-obese population is still unknown.
Hence, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship among fatty liver, insulin resistance, liver fibrosis, and diabetes in non-obese subjects. The team of researchers recruited 70,303 adults aged at least 20 years with a BMI of less than 25 kg/m 2 and a fatty liver identified by abdominal ultrasonography. Insulin resistance and liver fibrosis of each participant was…
