Association between UCP3 gene polymorphisms and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese children

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 5897-5903

  Xu, Yan Ping ^a   Liang, Li ^b   Wang, Chun Lin ^b   Fu, Jun Fen ^a   Liu, Pei Ning ^c   Lv, Lan Qiu ^d   Zhu, Yi Min ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Ningbo Women and Children's Hospital   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Uncoupling protein 3

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INSULIN; ION CHANNELS; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84885653423     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i35.5897     Document Type: Article

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