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Associations of dietary sugars with liver stiffness in Latino adolescents with obesity differ on PNPLA3 and liver disease severity.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Aug 2024
Schenker Rachel B, Machle Christopher J, Schmidt Kelsey A, Allayee Hooman, Kohli Rohit, Goran Michael I
Abstract excerpt
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common paediatric liver disease. Latinos have high MASLD risk due to 50% prevalence of GG genotype of PNPLA3. Our primary aim was to evaluate associations between dietary carbohydrates/sugars and liver stiffness in Latino adolescents with obesity. Our secondary aim was to examine effect modification by (a) PNPLA3 genotype or (b) liver...
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