Metabolic Syndrome refers to the clustering of risk factors including obesity, elevated blood pressure (hypertension), elevated blood sugars, dyslipidaemia (high triglycerides & low HDL concentration) and hence increased risk for developing many serious medical conditions including type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction, and stroke & early death. Lifestyle changes, one of the main factor, due to fast increasing urbanization, especially in developing countries like India, has led to the development of serious health problems like obesity, hypertension, diabetes, etc. which in turn lead to the...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous disease which is characterized by variable degrees of insulin resistance, impaired insulin secretion and increased glucose production. An association exists between diabetes and liver injury. Liver pathology among diabetics is similar to that of alcoholic liver disease, including steatosis, steato-hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis. Elevated serum activity of the two aminotransferases, AST and ALT, is the most frequently measured indicator of liver disease and occurs in diabetics more frequently than in the general population. The cause effect...