Objective To study the prevalence rate of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)and its correlation with the metabolic syndrome among professional crowd in Yichang city ,and analyze the characteristic of prevalence of NAFLD .Methods Physical check‐up and liver ultrasonography were done and fasting blood GLU ,TG ,HDL‐C ,UA ,CRP were measured for sampling survey professional people in Yichang city .We sampled 6 450 people in 15 company ,including 3 284 men ,3 166 women(20 to 70 years old) ,the results were analyzed .Results The NAFLD prevalence rate of Yichang professional crowd was 21 .71% ,28 .68% in male and 14 .47% in female respectively(P<0 .01) .The prevalence rate in male was higher than that of female before 60 years old . NAFLD prevalence rate in women showed a trend of increasing along with the age growth ,the incidence rate come up to 31 .31%when women were over 60 years old .The highest prevalence rate of MS related components in NAFLD group were obesity (69 .98% )、high blood TG level(61 .10% ) .Conclusion Male before 60 years old and female over 60 years old of Yichang profes‐sional crowd belong to NAFLD high‐risk groups ,the group should be focused on as regular monitoring ,prevention and interven‐tion .NAFLD prevalence rate significantly increased in people with MS .The most important factors of suffering from NAFLD are o‐besity ,high blood TG level .