Prediction of metabolic syndrome by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in northern urban Han Chinese population: a prospective cohort study.

<h4>Objectives</h4>To explore the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the metabolic syndrome (MetS), and evaluate the value of NAFLD as a marker for predicting the risk of MetS in a large scale prospective cohort from northern urban Han Chinese population.&...

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Main Authors: Tao Zhang, Yongyuan Zhang, Chengqi Zhang, Fang Tang, Hongkai Li, Qian Zhang, Haiyan Lin, Shuo Wu, Yanxun Liu, Fuzhong Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24801211/?tool=EBI