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The interaction of rs738409, obesity, and alcohol: a population-based autopsy study.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2012
Dunn Winston, Zeng Zhen, O'Neil Maura, Zhao Jie, Whitener Melissa, Yu-Jui Wan Y, Mitchell Erik K, Handler Michael, Weinman Steven A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to access the prevalence of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) histology in the general population, which had been otherwise difficult to access because of inherent misclassification bias in surrogate marker studies and referral bias in patient case series. The interaction among rs738409, obesity, and alcohol remains...
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