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Waist-to-height ratio is a useful index for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents: a secondary data analysis

BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global problem and pediatric obesity has risen dramatically. Early NAFLD might progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) or liver cirrhosis and significantly increase liver disease-related mortality. We looked for NAFLD predictors in ch...

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Autores principales: Lin, Ming-Shyan, Lin, Tsai-Hui, Guo, Su-Er, Tsai, Ming-Horng, Chiang, Ming-Shin, Huang, Tung-Jung, Chen, Mei-Yen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29084519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4868-5