Amount of hepatic fat predicts cardiovascular risk independent of insulin resistance among Hispanic-American adolescents

BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the major pediatric chronic liver disease, and it is estimated to affect more than one third of obese children in the U.S. Cardiovascular complications are a leading cause of increased mortality in adults with NAFLD and many adolesc...

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Autores principales: Jin, Ran, Le, Ngoc-Anh, Cleeton, Rebecca, Sun, Xiaoyan, Cruz Muños, Jessica, Otvos, James, Vos, Miriam B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25925168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12944-015-0038-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4426173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25925168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12944-015-0038-x

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