Effect of empagliflozin on liver fat in patients with type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial (E-LIFT Trial)

Diabetes Care

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1801-1808

  Kuchay, Mohammad Shafi ^a   Krishan, Sonal ^a   Mishra, Sunil Kumar ^a   Farooqui, Khalid Jamal ^a   Singh, Manish Kumar ^a   Wasir, Jasjeet Singh ^a   Bansal, Beena ^a   Kaur, Parjeet ^a   Jevalikar, Ganesh ^a   Gill, Harmendeep Kaur ^a   Choudhary, Narendra Singh ^b   Mithal, Ambrish ^a  

^a MEDANTA THE MEDICITY   (India)

^b Medanta Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; EMPAGLIFLOZIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BALANOPOSTHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052836880     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc18-0165     Document Type: Article

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