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The transcontinental variability of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Claudia P OliveiraAngelo ParedesMohammed SiddiquiLawrence SerfatyAbhijit ChowdhuryJose Tadeu StefanoDenise Siqueira VanniSherry BoyettArun J Sanyal
Published in: Hepatoma research (2020)
The phenotype of NAFLD in lean subjects varies by region. Some obese subjects with NAFLD are insulin-sensitive. We hypothesize that genetics and region-specific disease modifiers account for these differences.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • metabolic syndrome
  • weight loss
  • glycemic control
  • obese patients
  • bone mineral density
  • insulin resistance