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Risk for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Young Adults Born Preterm

Author(s) -

Laura M. Breij,

Gerthe F. Kerkhof,

Anita Hokken-Koelega

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

hormone research in paediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.816

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1663-2826

pISSN - 1663-2818

DOI - 10.1159/000437054

Subject(s) - nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , medicine , birth weight , gestational age , weight gain , gestation , small for gestational age , low birth weight , young adult , fatty liver , pediatrics , physiology , pregnancy , disease , body weight , biology , genetics

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. Accelerated catch-up in weight during infancy in subjects born at full term has been associated with increased risk for NAFLD in adulthood, but this association has not been studied in subjects born preterm.

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