Waist circumference correlates with liver fibrosis in children with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1283-1287

  Manco, M ^a   Bedogni, G ^b   Marcellini, M ^a   Devito, R ^a   Ciampalini, P ^a   Sartorelli, M R ^a   Comparcola, D ^a   Piemonte, F ^a   Nobili, V ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Liver Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 50249151997     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.142919     Document Type: Article

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