Prevalence and related factors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the elderly in Taiwan

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-81

  Hung, S C ^a,b   Lai, S W ^c,d   Chen, M C ^a   Li, P C ^a   Lin, K C ^a  

^a Nantou Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Hyperglycemia; Hypertriglyceridemia; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84877574885     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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