NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY, RISK FACTORS AND MODERN DIAGNOSTIC METHODS (LITERATURE REVIEW AND OWN DATA)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is seen as an important medical and social problem. NAFLD is often a component of other diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, and contributes to the prevalence in the population. In the early stages of the NAFLD are characterized by ineffectiveness of specific treatment and progressive progression of the disease due to the nonspecific clinical signs.