AIM To perform a systematic review to evaluate the incidence and prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) in adult patients with sarcopenia.METHODS Randomized clinical trials,cross-sectional or cohort studies including adult patients(over 18 years) with sarcopenia were selected.The primary outcomes of interest were the prevalence or incidence of NAFLD in sarcopenic patients.In the screening process,44 fulltext articles were included in the review and 41 studies were excluded.RESULTS Three cross-sectional studies were included.The authors attempted to perform a systematic review,but due to the differences between the studies,a qualitative synthesis was provided.The diagnosis of NAFLD was made by non-invasive methods(image methods or any surrogate markers) in all three evaluated studies.All the studies suggested that there was an independent association between sarcopenia and NAFLD.CONCLUSION Sarcopenia is independently associated with NAFLD and possibly to an advanced fibrosis. AIM To perform a systematic review to evaluate the incidence and prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adult patients with sarcopenia. METHODS Randomized clinical trials, cross-sectional or cohort studies including adult patients (over 18 years) with sarcopenia were selected. The primary outcomes of interest were the prevalence or incidence of NAFLD in sarcopenic patients. In the screening process, 44 fulltext articles were included in the review and 41 studies were excluded. RESULTS Three cross-sectional studies were included. The authors attempted to a systematic review, but due to the differences between the studies, a qualitative synthesis was provided. the diagnosis of NAFLD was made by non-invasive methods (image methods or any surrogate markers) in all three into studies there was an independent association between sarcopenia and NAFLD. CONCLUSION Sarcopenia is independently associated with NAFLD and possibly to an advanced fibr osis.