A study of gender-wise risk association between fatty liver and metabolic syndrome components (Asia-Pacific criteria) in a South Indian urban cohort.

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with fatty liver (FL) disease. Gender differences in this association are not known.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine gender-wise association between FL and MS components (using Asia-Pacific guidelines 2007) in an urban south Indian cohort with normal liver function tests (LFT).