Modest alcohol consumption decreases the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A meta-analysis of 43 175 individuals

Gut

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 530-532

  Sookoian, Silvia ^a,b,c   Castaño, Gustavo O ^b,c   Pirola, Carlos J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

^b Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^c Hospital General de Agudos Dr Abel Zubizarreta   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; META-ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 84893740725     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305718     Document Type: Letter

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