Relationship between insulin resistance and serum alanine aminotransferase as a surrogate of NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease) in obese Korean children

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-326

  Yoo, JangSuk ^a   Lee, SeonYeong ^a,c   Kim, KyuNam ^a   Yoo, SunMi ^a   Sung, EunJu ^b   Yim, JungEun ^c  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALT; Children; Insulin resistance; NAFLD; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KOREA; OBESITY;

EID: 48949085350     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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