Vitamin D Levels Are Inversely Associated with Liver Fat Content and Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Chinese Middle-Aged and Elderly Population: The Shanghai Changfeng Study.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Vitamin D exerts metabolic activities. We investigated whether the 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] is associated with liver fat content (LFC) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a middle-aged, elderly Chinese population. SUBJECT/METHODS:A total of 2,960 participants...

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Main Authors: Dan Wang, Huandong Lin, Mingfeng Xia, Qiqige Aleteng, Xiaoming Li, Hui Ma, Baishen Pan, Jian Gao, Xin Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4902193?pdf=render