非酒精性脂肪肝 (Nonalcoholicfattyliverdisease ,NAFLD)是一种越来越引起人们注意的临床疾病 ,它最终可发展为肝硬化 ,其病理学改变类似酒精性肝病 ,但发生于无嗜酒的患者。过去对这一疾病有多种名称 ,如非酒精性肝炎、糖尿病肝炎等 ,现在统一用非酒精性脂肪肝这一名称 ,包括 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a more and more notable clinical disease that eventually develops into cirrhosis and its pathological changes are similar to those of alcoholic liver disease but occur in non-alcoholic patients. In the past, there were various names for this disease, such as non-alcoholic hepatitis and diabetic hepatitis, and the name of non-alcoholic fatty liver is now unified, including