Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Its Association With Cardiovascular Disease Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients

I read with interest the articles by Targher et al. (1), which shows that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is extremely common in type 2 diabetes and is associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and by Hu et al. (2), which shows that type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. Neither is surprising, considering society's excessive use of polyunsaturated n-6–rich vegetable oils (a source of linoleic acid, a short-chain n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid [PUFA]) in place of saturated fats, in addition …

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