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The Metabolic Syndrome as a Predictor of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Norberto C. Chavez-Tapia, MD;
- Nahum Mendez-Sanchez, MD, PhD; and
- Misael Uribe, MD
- From Medica Sur Clinic Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico.
TO THE EDITOR:
We found the article by Hamaguchi and colleagues (1) to be valuable and insightful. The authors provided new evidence that characterized the natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), defined the distribution of risk factors in other populations, and confirmed a strong association between the metabolic syndrome and NAFLD. This report represents an important contribution to the field, but we would like to comment on some of the authors' …
