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Sex-influenced association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with coronary heart disease.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Apr 2013
Feitosa Mary F, Reiner Alexander P, Wojczynski Mary K, Graff Mariaelisa, North Kari E, Carr Jeffrey J, Borecki Ingrid B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated whether nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) predicts prevalent coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS: Epidemiologic studies have used various definitions for NAFLD. Here, we considered both liver fat burden measured by CT (FL) and the non-specific measure of hepatic inflammation -alanine aminotransferase (ALT). The association of FL and ALT with CHD (self report of coronary...
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