Abstract

In a large cohort of strictly defined metabolically healthy men and women, overweight and obesity were strongly and progressively associated with an increased incidence of NAFLD, suggesting that the obese phenotype per se, regardless of metabolic abnormalities, can increase the risk of NAFLD.

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MedicineNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseOverweightInternal medicineObesityHazard ratioBody mass indexCohortInsulin resistanceMetabolic syndromeFatty liverIncidence (geometry)Cohort studyType 2 diabetesConfidence intervalHomeostatic model assessmentEndocrinologyGastroenterologyDiabetes mellitusDisease

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2016
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Volume
111
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8
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1133-1140
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207
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Yoosoo Chang, Hyun Suk Jung, Juhee Cho et al. (2016). Metabolically Healthy Obesity and the Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology , 111 (8) , 1133-1140. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2016.178

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