NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE CAUSES AND RISK FACTORS (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - common chronic liver disease, characterized by pathological accumulation of fat droplets, not associated with alcohol. NAFLD is often a component of other diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, and contributes to the prevalence of CVD among 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.