Ethnic difference in liver fat content: a cross-sectional observation among Japanese American in Hawaii, Japanese in Japan, and non-Hispanic whites in United States.

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Ethnic difference in liver fat content: a cross-sectional observation among Japanese American in Hawaii, Japanese in Japan, and non-Hispanic whites in United States.

Obesity research & clinical practice - 1 Jan 2000

Azuma Koichiro, Curb J David, Kadowaki Takashi, Edmundowicz Daniel, Kadowaki Sayaka, Masaki Kamal H, El-Saed Aiman, Nishio Yoshihiko, Seto Todd B, Okamura Tomonori, Cetinel Cemal, Kadota Aya, Sutton-Tyrrell Kim, Miura Katsuyuki, Evans Rhobert W, Takamiya Tomoko, Maegawa Hiroshi, Miljkovic Iva, Kuller Lewis H, Ueshima Hirotsugu, Kelley David E, Sekikawa Akira

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BACKGROUND: We recently reported that Japanese had higher liver fat at a lower level of BMI compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHW). OBJECTIVE: We hypothesize that ethnic difference in fat storage capacity contributes to this ethnic difference in liver fat. DESIGN: To examine this, we assessed liver fat among 244 Japanese-American aged 40-49, using regional computed-tomography images, along with metabolic...

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DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2011.11.007
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