Waist Gain Is Associated with a Higher Incidence of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Korean Adults: A Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND:We examined the relationship between changes in waist circumference (WC) and the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS:A cohort study of 37,130 men and women were followed-up annually or biennially. Differences in WC between baseline and subsequent measurements we...

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Main Authors: Kyung Eun Yun, Ga Eun Nam, Jisun Lim, Hye Soon Park, Yoosoo Chang, Hyun-Suk Jung, Chan-Won Kim, Byung-Joon Ko, Eun Chul Chung, Hocheol Shin, Seungho Ryu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4946777?pdf=render