Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: Impact of ethnicity

Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1387-1395

  Browning, Jeffrey D ^a   Szczepaniak, Lidia S ^a   Dobbins, Robert ^a   Nuremberg, Pamela ^b   Horton, Jay D ^a   Cohen, Jonathan C ^a   Grundy, Scott M ^a,c   Hobbs, Helen H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX RATIO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTONS; TEXAS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 10644220306     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20466     Document Type: Article

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