Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease prevalence among school-aged children and adolescents in Iran and its association with biochemical and anthropometric measures

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a   Mohammad Alizadeh, Amir Hooshang ^b   Esna Ashari, Farzaneh ^b   Ardalan, Gelayol ^c   Hajarizadeh, Behzad ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d Tehran Hepatitis Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Iran; Non alcoholic fatty liver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; IRAN; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 58149508302     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01790.x     Document Type: Article

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