Neck circumference, along with other anthropometric indices, has an independent and additional contribution in predicting fatty liver disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Bi Xia ^a   Zhu, Ming Fan ^b   Wu, Ting ^a   Zhou, Jing Ya ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Chen, Xiao Lin ^a   Zhou, Ruifen ^a   Wang, Li Jun ^a   Chen, Yu Ming ^a   Zhu, Hui Lian ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME ULTRASONOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; NECK; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84923239646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118071     Document Type: Article

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