Relationship between non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, PNPLA3 I148M genotype and bone mineral density in adolescents.
Antonella MoscaDanilo FintiniElenora ScorlettiMarco CappaLaura PaoneAnna M ZicariValerio NobiliChristopher D ByrnePublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Taken together the independent associations between: (a) low BMD and PNPLA3 CG+GG genotype; (b) low BMD and NASH; and (c) PNPLA3 CG+GG genotype and NASH, provide support for a causal relationship between NASH and low BMD.