Higher dietary choline intake is associated with lower risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver in normal-weight chinese women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2034-2040

  Yu, Danxia ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Xiang, Yong Bing ^b   Li, Honglan ^b   Yang, Gong ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xianglan ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Choline; Diet; Nonalcoholic fatty liver; Obesity; Population based study

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHOLINE INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GALLSTONE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RED MEAT; RISK REDUCTION; SHELLFISH; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOY FOOD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOY FOODS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84912051008     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.197533     Document Type: Article

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