Relationship between aspartate aminotransferase to-platelet ratio index and carotid intima-media thickness in obese adolescents with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-188

  Sert, Ahmet ^a   Pirgon, Özgür ^b   Aypar, Ebru ^a   Yilmaz, Hakan ^a   Dündar, Bumin ^c  

^a KONYA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; Carotid intima media thickness; Insulin resistance; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PLATELET COUNT;

EID: 84884230267     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/Jcrpe.891     Document Type: Article

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