Fatty liver may herald impending Type 2 diabetes

Friday, February 25, 2011 - 02:31 in Health & Medicine

Individuals with fatty liver were five times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those without fatty liver. This higher risk seemed to occur regardless of the patient's fasting insulin levels, which were used as a marker of insulin resistance.

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