Associations of visceral fat thickness and anthropometric measurements with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease development in male patients mono-infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Miloš VujanovićNina Brkić-JovanovićDalibor IlićZorka DrvendžijaBiljana Srdić-GalićVesna TurkulovSnežana BrkićDaniela MarićPublished in: Southern African journal of HIV medicine (2019)
In the absence of more advanced radiographic and histological tools, simple anthropometric measurements and VFT could assist in the early identification of persons at risk of hepatic steatosis in low- and middle-income regions.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- end stage renal disease
- hepatitis c virus
- body composition
- antiretroviral therapy
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- adipose tissue
- hiv infected
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- hiv positive
- optical coherence tomography
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- fatty acid