Fatty liver, hypertension, and the metabolic syndrome.
The prevalence of fatty liver in non-obese non-diabetic hypertensive patients is at least twice that of the general population and may be related to increases in insulin resistance and body weight.
Diehl
A M
AM
The Johns Hopkins University, 912 Ross Building, 720 Rutland St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. amdiehl@jhmi.edu
D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*