Prevalence and factors associated with the presence of non alcoholic fatty liver disease in an apparently healthy adult population in primary care units

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Caballería, Llorenç ^a   Antonia, Ma Antonia ^a   Torán, Pere ^b   Miranda, Dolores ^c   Aznar, Jesús ^c   Pera, Guillem ^b   Gil, Dolors ^a   Muñoz, Laura ^b   Planas, Jaume ^c   Canut, Santiago ^a   Bernad, Jesús ^a   Aubà, Josep ^c   Pizarro, Gregorio ^c   Aizpurua, Miren Maite ^c   Altaba, Anna ^c   Tibau, Albert ^a  

^a Catalan Health Institute   (Spain)

^b Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Barcelones Nord i Maresme   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PERIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; FATTY LIVER; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37549013672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-7-41     Document Type: Article

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