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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Tanzania: Prevalence, Determinants, and Correlation with Triglycerides-Glucose Index in Overweight and Obese Individuals

2023-03-29

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<h4>Background: </h4> Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is closely associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS), is rarely reported in Tanzania, where MetS is prevalent. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent and associated factors of this condition in overweight and obese individuals and to correlate standard ultrasound diagnosis with triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) and TyG-body mass i...

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Literature Corpus work: 48d1a01e-20c9-576f-9cb6-0ec581241bc3
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2747279/v1

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