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Epidemiology and pathophysiology of the association between NAFLD and metabolically healthy or metabolically unhealthy obesity.
Annals of hepatology - 1 Jan 2000
Lonardo Amedeo, Mantovani Alessandro, Lugari Simonetta, Targher Giovanni
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The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is continuing to rise in many countries, paralleling the epidemic of obesity worldwide. In the last years, the concept of metabolically healthy obesity [MHO, generally defined as obesity without metabolic syndrome (MetS)] has raised considerable scientific interest. MHO is a complex phenotype with risks intermediate between metabolically healthy...
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