Shared genetic effects between hepatic steatosis and fibrosis: A prospective twin study

Hepatology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1547-1558

  Cui, Jeffrey ^a   Chen, Chi Hua ^a   Lo, Min Tzu ^a   Schork, Nicholas ^b   Bettencourt, Ricki ^a   Gonzalez, Monica P ^a   Bhatt, Archana ^a   Hooker, Jonathan ^a   Shaffer, Katherine ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^b   Long, Michelle T ^c   Brenner, David A ^a   Sirlin, Claude B ^a   Loomba, Rohit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FAT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL OF ASSESSMENT INSULIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON DENSITY FAT FRACTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWIN STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; TWINS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84992456193     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28674     Document Type: Article

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