Alcohol drinking patterns and the risk of fatty liver in Japanese men

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-528

  Hiramine, Yasunari ^a,b   Imamura, Yasushi ^a   Uto, Hirofumi ^b   Koriyama, Chihaya ^b   Horiuchi, Masahisa ^b   Oketani, Makoto ^b   Hosoyamada, Kaori ^a   Kusano, Ken ^c   Ido, Akio ^b   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^b  

^a Kagoshima Kouseiren Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima Kouseiren Medical Health Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Fatty liver; Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959826790     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0336-z     Document Type: Article

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