Association between adherence to the mediterranean diet and presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 279-285

  Cakir, Murat ^a   Akbulut, Ulas Emre ^a   Okten, Aysenur ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPONECTIN; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84980396030     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2015.0197     Document Type: Article

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