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Adverse metabolic phenotype of adolescent girls with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease plus polycystic ovary syndrome compared with other girls and boys.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 May 2016
Ayonrinde Oyekoya T, Adams Leon A, Doherty Dorota A, Mori Trevor A, Beilin Lawrence J, Oddy Wendy H, Hickey Martha, Sloboda Deborah M, Olynyk John K, Hart Roger
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) share risk associations of adiposity and insulin resistance. We examined the impact of a PCOS diagnosis on the metabolic phenotype of adolescent girls with NAFLD and compared this to girls without PCOS or NAFLD and to age-matched boys. METHODS: Community-based adolescents from the Raine Cohort participated in...
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