Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but not visceral adiposity index, in severely obese patients
The visceral adiposity index (VAI) is a marker of visceral fat distribution and dysfunction. Visceral adiposity is related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, there is some controversy regarding the association between VAI and NAFLD. The aim of this study was to analyse the relati...
Main Authors: | Rubén Díez-Rodríguez, María Dolores Ballesteros-Pomar, Alicia Calleja-Fernández, Tomás González-De-Francisco, Luis González-Herráez, Sara Calleja-Antolín, Isidoro Cano-Rodríguez, José Luis Olcoz-Goñi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Aran Ediciones
2014-12-01
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Series: | Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas |
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Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082014000800004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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