Predictive factors for the development or regression of fatty liver in Japanese adults

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-67

  Omagari, Katsuhisa ^a   Morikawa, Shun Ichi ^b   Nagaoka, Seiko ^b   Sadakane, Yukiko ^a   Sato, Miki ^a   Hamasaki, Mizuho ^a   Kato, Shigeko ^a   Masuda, Jun Ichi ^b   Osabe, Masayuki ^b   Kadota, Takehiko ^b   Sera, Keisuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAGASAKI   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fatty liver; Metabolic syndrome; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Percentage body fat

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; REMISSION;

EID: 67849135660     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.08-269     Document Type: Article

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