1. Introduction. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in developed countries. The natural course of the disease moves towards non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis, implying that NAFLD will be the leading cause of liver transplantation by 2030 [].Beyond the well-known liver-related morbidity and mortality, a large body of evidence has ....