Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with insulin resistance. As polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is also associated with insulin resistance, the presence of NAFLD has been investigated in patients with the syndrome and there are data showing an increased prevalence of abnormal aminotransferance activity and/or ultrasonographic evidence of hepatic steatosis.Objective: In the present prospective study women with PCOS we...

Introduction: Several markers based on anthropometric and biochemical parameters like fatty liver index (FLI), lipid accumulation product (LAP) index and visceral adiposity index (VAI), have been proposed for the detection of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of FLI, LAP and VAI as markers of NAFLD in premenopausal women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), assessed for hepatic steato...