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Optimal cut‐off value of alanine aminotransferase level to precisely estimate the presence of fatty liver in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
Author(s) -
Tanabe Akihito,
Tatsumi Fuminori,
Okauchi Seizo,
Yabe Hiroki,
Tsuda Tomohiro,
Okutani Kazuma,
Yamashita Kazuki,
Nakashima Koji,
Kaku Kohei,
Kaneto Hideaki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.12418
Subject(s) - medicine , alanine aminotransferase , fatty liver , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , value (mathematics) , gastroenterology , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics , disease
Optimal cut‐off value of ALT level to precisely estimate the presence of fatty liver was as low as 28.0 U/L. We should consider the possibility of fatty liver even when ALT level is within normal range in subjects with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

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