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Introduction: When fat accumulates in the liver is defined as Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This cross-sectional research aimed to investigate the association between body composition and fatty liver and also determine of cut-off point for forecasting NAFLD. Methods: Participants were selected from 2016 to 2017 at the nutrition clinic in Tehran, Iran. Body composition was estimated using the dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry scan method and the liver steatosis was measured using the CAP score through the FiroScan™. Results: Among the total of 2160 patients who participated in this research, 745 (34.5%) subjects had NAFLD. We observed that fat tissue was directly and fat-free tissue was inversely correlated with the risk of NAFLD in almost all factors and if the total fat surpasses 32.23% and 26.73% in females and males and abdominal fat surpasses 21.42% and 13.76% in females and males, the risk of developing NAFLD increases, respectively. Finally, we discovered that the percentage of total fat had the highest AUC (0.932 for men and 0.917 for women) to forecast the risk of NAFLD. Conclusions: Increasing the amount of total fat and abdominal fat from the cut-off point level leads to rose the likelihood of NAFLD development significantly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]