Patients with clinically metabolically healthy obesity are not necessarily healthy subclinically: further support for bariatric surgery in patients without metabolic disease?
Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases the risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and is also strongly correlated with extrahepatic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. This risk of NAFLD among obese individuals who are otherwise metab...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75212/1/Patients%20with%20clinically%20metabolically%20healthy%20obesity%20are%20not%20necessarily%20healthy%20subclinically.pdf |