Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Clinician's Perspective

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with its phenotypes fatty liver and steatohepatitis, is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide and linked to the epidemic of diabetes mellitus and obesity. It is characterized by a high cardiovascular and liver-related mortality and expected to soon become the leading cause for liver transplantation. This concise review summarizes recent progress in the clinical management of patients with diabetes mellitus and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and evaluates strategies to manage diabetes mellitus in terms of their effectiveness towards this epidemic liver disease.