Increase in the prevalence of fatty liver in Japan over the past 12 years: Analysis of clinical background

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 954-961

  Kojima, Sei Ichiro ^a   Watanabe, Norihito ^a   Numata, Makoto ^a   Ogawa, Tetsuhei ^b   Matsuzaki, Shohei ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Fatty liver; Health checkup; Lifestyle related disease; Visceral obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DATA COLLECTION; FASTING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0344393668     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1178-8     Document Type: Article

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