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Low skeletal muscle mass is associated with more severe histological features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in male.
Hepatology international - 1 Oct 2022
Pan Xiao-Yan, Liu Wen-Yue, Zhu Pei-Wu, Li Gang, Tang Liang-Jie, Gao Feng, Huang Ou-Yang, Yuan Hai-Yang, Targher Giovanni, Byrne Christopher D, Wang Xiao-Dong, Zheng Ming-Hua
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Although low skeletal muscle mass is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), it is currently uncertain whether there are associations between weight-adjusted appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM%), severity of histological features of NAFLD, and the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) rs738409 polymorphism. Our aim was to test for a possible...
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