Visceral adiposity index is not a predictor of liver histology in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-398

  Vongsuvanh, Roslyn ^a   George, Jacob ^a   McLeod, Duncan ^b   Van Der Poorten, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Fatty liver; Metabolic syndrome; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STEATOSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84863986202     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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