Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in Western countries and identifies people at high risk to develop metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Fatty liver has been associated with reduced endogenous insulin clearance (EIC) and hepatic insulin resistance (HIRI), which are early features of type 2 diabetes. These relationships however might be differentially affected by the ethnic background, as populations of African ance...