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- Title
Waist circumference correlates with hepatic fat accumulation in male Japanese patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but not in females.
- Authors
Ishibashi, Eriko; Eguchi, Yuichiro; Eguchi, Takahisa; Matsunobu, Aki; Oza, Noriko; Nakashita, Shunya; Kitajima, Yoichiro; Kuroki, Shigetaka; Ozaki, Iwata; Kawaguchi, Yasunori; Ide, Yasushi; Yasutake, Tsutomu; Iwakiri, Ryuichi; Mizuta, Toshihiko; Ono, Naofumi; Fujimoto, Kazuma
- Abstract
Abdominal obesity, a component of metabolic syndrome, is a major risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In recent worldwide definitions of metabolic syndrome, waist measurement has been proposed as a simple and useful estimate of abdominal obesity, taking into account gender differences in waist circumference. The present cross-sectional study investigated the correlation of hepatic fat accumulation and waist circumference in Japanese NAFLD patients to determine if there are gender differences in this relationship.
- Publication
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 6, p908
- ISSN
1440-1746
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05366.x