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Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome and NAFLD

Wong VW et al, Gut 2012.
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Prevalence of fatty liver, % 60 19 38
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Number of metabolic syndrome criteria

N = 265 266 204 123 54 10

The higher the number of metabolic syndrome criteria,
the higher the chance of that person to have fatty liver.

Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD)
Eslam M, et al. J Hepatol 2020.

Hepatic Steatosis in Adults

Detected either by imaging techniques, blood
biomarkers/scores or by liver histology

Overweight or Obese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Metabolic Criteria

According to widely
Defined as BMI ≥ 23kg/m 2 OR accepted international OR Presence of ≥ 2 criteria of
in Asians metabolic syndrome
criteria

If you are > 40 years old, you should go for annual health check
which includes a simple blood test for detection of components of

the metabolic syndrome.

Prof. Dr. Chan Wah Kheong