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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| 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 |