Protective effect of alcohol consumption for fatty liver but not metabolic syndrome

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-167

  Hamaguchi, Masahide ^a   Kojima, Takao ^b   Ohbora, Akihiro ^b   Takeda, Noriyuki ^b   Fukui, Michiaki ^c   Kato, Takahiro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcoholic hepatitis; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; LIVER PROTECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84856001236     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i2.156     Document Type: Article

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