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Comparative study of overweight and obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Author(s) -
R. Aller,
Begoña Becoechea Gómez,
Rebeca Sigüenza,
Conrado FernándezRodríguez,
Natalia Fernández,
Beatriz Antolín,
Miguel Durà,
María Jesús Boné Pina,
Sara Di Lorenzo,
Concepción García,
Daniel de Luis Román
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.5926/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , gastroenterology , fatty liver , adiponectin , resistin , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , obesity , liver biopsy , insulin resistance , disease , biopsy
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disorder in the western world. Although NAFLD prevalence is higher in patients with a BMI > 25 kg /m2, it is unclear if there are differences between overweight and obese patients. The associated biochemical, dietary and genetic parameters were compared between overweight and obese patients with NAFLD.