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Association between Liver Enzymes with Metabolically Unhealthy Obese Phenotype.
Lipids in health and disease - 23 Aug 2018
Xie Junhui, Zhang Shujun, Yu Xuefeng, Yang Yan, Liu Zhelong, Yuan Gang, Hu Shuhong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Obesity could be classified into two phenotypes: metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUHO). This study investigated the ability of liver enzymes to identify obesity phenotype. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2197 obese adults (age > 40 years and BMI ≥25 kg/m2) in a rural area of central China. RESULTS: In this population, 75% of the participants...
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