Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review

ME Rinella - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its subtype nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
affect approximately 30% and 5%, respectively, of the US population. In patients with …

[HTML][HTML] From NAFLD in clinical practice to answers from guidelines

F Nascimbeni, R Pais, S Bellentani, CP Day… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review of the literature consists of three sections. First, papers concerning non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) awareness among the general population, general practitioners …

[HTML][HTML] Alanine aminotransferase-old biomarker and new concept: a review

Z Liu, S Que, J Xu, T Peng - International journal of medical …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Measurement of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is a common, readily available, and
inexpensive laboratory assay in clinical practice. ALT activity is not only measured to detect …

External validation of fatty liver index for identifying ultrasonographic fatty liver in a large-scale cross-sectional study in Taiwan

BL Yang, WC Wu, KC Fang, YC Wang, TI Huo… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background and Aims The fatty liver index (FLI) is an algorithm involving the waist
circumference, body mass index, and serum levels of triglyceride and gamma-glutamyl …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: current concepts, epidemiology and management strategies

D Tomic, WW Kemp, SK Roberts - European journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the most prevalent liver disease in the
world. It involves a spectrum of conditions from hepatic steatosis to nonalcoholic …

Low alanine aminotransferase levels in the elderly population: frailty, disability, sarcopenia, and reduced survival

U Vespasiani-Gentilucci, A De Vincentis… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Although low alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels have been associated with
poor outcomes in the elderly population, the determinants subtending this association have …

Inverse association between hepatitis B virus infection and fatty liver disease: a large-scale study in populations seeking for check-up

YL Cheng, YJ Wang, WY Kao, PH Chen, TI Huo… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Although many studies have attempted to clarify the association between
hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and fatty liver disease, no prior studies have emphasized …

The intersection of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity

JA Woo Baidal, JE Lavine - Science translational medicine, 2016 - science.org
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease
worldwide and recently emerged as the most rapidly increasing indication for liver …

Changing hepatitis D virus epidemiology in a hepatitis B virus endemic area with a national vaccination program

HH Lin, SSJ Lee, ML Yu, TT Chang, CW Su… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in the era of widespread HBV
vaccination has not been described before. We aimed to investigate the changing …

Diagnostic accuracy of serum alanine aminotransferase as biomarker for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance in healthy subjects, using 3T MR …

JL Martin-Rodriguez, J Gonzalez-Cantero… - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Recognition of the close relationship of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with
diabetes mellitus 2, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease has …