Risk factors for chronic liver disease in blacks, Mexican Americans, and whites in the United States: Results from NHANES IV, 1999-2004

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2231-2238

  Flores, Yvonne N ^a,b   Yee Jr , Hal F ^c   Leng, Mei ^a   Escarce, José J ^a   Bastani, Roshan ^a   Salmerón, Jorge ^b   Morales, Leo S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UCSF Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649092909     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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