Hypertriglyceridemia and Fatty Liver : Clinical Diagnosis of Fatty Liver and Lipoprotein Profiles in Hypertriglyceridemic Patients with Fatty Liver

Abstract

Fatty liver has prevailed by 14% in the healthy population of this country. The factors contributing genesis of fatty liver were gender (male), obesity, high alcohol consumption, glucose intolerance and hypertriglyceridemia. And hypertriglyceridemia seems to be the common underlying factor to all other causes. The mechanism for accumulation of triglycerides in the liver can be explained at least by increased HTGL activities and elevated apo A-II levels, a postulated co-factor of HTGL. And hypertriglyceridemic patients with fatty liver had the insulin resistance.