Epidemiological, clinical, and biochemical characteristics of Saudi patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a hospital-based study.

This is a worrying trend especially considering that the lack of physical activity is a common phenomenon in Saudi Arabia, being as high as 79% in the population we studied and 96% in the Saudi Coronary Artery Disease registry. 17 NAFLD has been shown in various studies to be independently associated with type 2 diabetes, low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, and insulin resistance. 9 , 13 , 15 , 16 These factors were also reflected in our study.

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