NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND DIABETES MELLITUSA TALE OF TWO SINS
*Dr Altamash Shaikh, Dr. Ashu Rastogi and Dr Om J. Lakhani
ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major global health problem with an increasing incidence and prevalence, particularly in developing and newly industrialized countries.[1] In 2014, 347 million people worldwide had diabetes and World Health Organization (WHO) projects that by the end of 2030, diabetes will be the seventh leading cause of death.[2] As per the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in 2015, 69.1 million cases of diabetes have been reported in India.[3] A decade back the major focus of health agencies was on AIDS and tuberculosis, which has shifted to diabetes because of the increasing prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases world wide including the thrust for research. As the people are living longer and population is aging, the coexistence of NCDs are a real problem to focus that include diabetes and liver diseases. Increasing evidence now suggests that DM is associated with multiple liver diseases, an important one being, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).[1]
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