Cohort Study of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, NAFLD fibrosis score, and the Risk of Incident Diabetes in a Korean population

Abstract

In this cohort study of a healthy Korean population, NAFLD and its severity using NFS were independently and strongly associated with increased incidence of diabetes in men and women-even with a euglycemic range of glucose and HbA1c.

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MedicineInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusFatty liverGastroenterologyHazard ratioPopulationCohortGlycated hemoglobinCohort studySteatosisConfidence intervalType 2 diabetesDiseaseEndocrinologyEnvironmental health

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 108
Issue: 12
Pages: 1861-1868
Citations: 157
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                                    Yoosoo Chang, 
                                
                                    Hyun Suk Jung, 
                                
                                    Kyung Eun Yun
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Cohort Study of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, NAFLD fibrosis score, and the Risk of Incident Diabetes in a Korean population. 
                            The American Journal of Gastroenterology
                            , 108
                            (12)
                            , 1861-1868.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2013.349
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.349