Acculturation and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Risk Among Hispanics of Mexican Origin: Findings From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 310-312

  Balakrishnan, Maya ^a   Kanwal, Fasiha ^a,b   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b   Thrift, Aaron P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008156870     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.09.149     Document Type: Short Survey

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