Body mass index in school-aged children and the risk of routinely diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adulthood: a prospective study based on the Copenhagen School Health Records Register

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Zimmermann, Esther ^a   Gamborg, Michael ^a   Holst, Claus ^a   Baker, Jennifer L ^a,b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b,c   Berentzen, Tina L ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964736709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-006998     Document Type: Article

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