Risk factors for liver steatosis in obese children and adolescents

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-154

  Lin, Yu Cheng ^a   Chang, Pi Feng ^a   Yeh, Shu Jen ^a,b   Liu, Kevin ^a   Chen, Hui Chi ^c  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

glucose tolerance; liver steatosis; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77956636453     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60028-9     Document Type: Article

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