Ethnic and sex differences in the association between metabolic syndrome and suspected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a nationally representative sample of US adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-449

  Graham, Rose C ^a   Burke, Ann ^b   Stettler, Nicolas ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349736401     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31819f73b4     Document Type: Article

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