Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Relation to Metabolic Syndrome: Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes.

Aim of the study is to review scientific articles, regarding non-alcoholic fatty liver disease relation to metabolic syndrome: obesity, hypertension, diabetes. Goals of the study: 1) to analyze impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; 2) to evaluate relationship between the degree or histological type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome. Systemic literature review was done. Search was done by using bibliography data base PubMed and using keywords: „nonalcoholic fatty liver disease“, „metabolic syndrome“, „obesity“, „hypertension“, „diabetes“. Search parameters: years 2015 – 2020, free full text available. After analyzing names, abstracts and contents of the articles, 10 were included in the review. Results: studies have found bidirectional relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome. However, there is not enough evidence for the relationship between metabolic syndrome and the degree or histological type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. More studies need to be done to evaluate this relationship