Open AccessRisk factors differentially associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in males and females with metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Vanessa BullónVela,
Itziar Abete,
María de Los Ángeles Zulet,
Josep A. Tur,
Xavier Pintó,
Emili Corbella,
Miguel Ángel Martínez González,
Dolores Corella,
Manuel Macías González,
Francisco J. Tinahones,
Montserrat Fitó,
Ramón Estruch,
Emilio Ros,
Jordi SalasSalvadó,
Lidia Daimiel,
J. Alfredo Martínez
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.2019.6031/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , fatty liver , metabolic syndrome , disease , alcoholic liver disease , alcoholic fatty liver , physiology , obesity , cirrhosis
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in western countries. This study aimed to investigate putative risk factors differentially related with NAFLD in obese males and females diagnosed with metabolic syndrome (MetS), stratified using the non-invasive hepatic steatosis index (HSI).