Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease prevalence in urban school-aged children and adolescents from the Yangtze River delta region: A cross-sectional study

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 281-288

  Zhang, Xiaomin ^a   Wan, Yanping ^a   Zhang, Shijun ^a   Lu, Liping ^a   Chen, Zhiqi ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Jiang, Xiaomin ^a   Luo, Kaili ^a   Cai, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Fatty liver; Obesity; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84931023280     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2015.24.2.13     Document Type: Article

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