Insulin resistance and adipocytokines have been associated with fat liver and non-alcoholic fat liver disease (NAFLD). The aim of this research was to study the influence of insulin resistance and adipocytokines in presurgical morbid obese patients on elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) as an indicator of NAFLD.
Institute of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Medicine School and Unit of Investigation, Hospital Rio Hortega, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. dadluis@yahoo.es