Open AccessIdentification of individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by the diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Masahide Hamaguchi,
Noriyuki Takeda,
Takao Kojima,
Akihiro Ohbora,
Takeshi Kato,
Hiroshi Sarui,
Michiaki Fukui,
Chisato Nagata,
Jun Takeda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v18.i13.1508
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , fatty liver , medicine , abdominal obesity , body mass index , national cholesterol education program , overweight , abdominal ultrasonography , gastroenterology , disease , obesity , ultrasonography , surgery
To clarify the efficiency of the criterion of metabolic syndrome to detecting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).