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Clinical relevance of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as a simultaneous evaluation of fatty liver disease and atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes

BACKGROUND: Whole body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can simultaneously measure both regional fat and non-fat mass. Android-to-gynoid (A/G) ratio measured by DXA has been reported to be associated with cardiovascular risks and visceral adiposity; however, little is known regarding its relat...

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Autores principales: Bouchi, Ryotaro, Nakano, Yujiro, Ohara, Norihiko, Takeuchi, Takato, Murakami, Masanori, Asakawa, Masahiro, Sasahara, Yuriko, Numasawa, Mitsuyuki, Minami, Isao, Izumiyama, Hajime, Hashimoto, Koshi, Yoshimoto, Takanobu, Ogawa, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-016-0384-7