• DOI:10.7326/0003-4819-143-10-200511150-00009
Corpus ID: 22475943

The Metabolic Syndrome as a Predictor of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

@article{Hamaguchi2005TheMS,
  title={The Metabolic Syndrome as a Predictor of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease},
  author={M. Hamaguchi and T. Kojima and N. Takeda and T. Nakagawa and H. Taniguchi and K. Fujii and Tatsushi Omatsu and Tomoaki Nakajima and H. Sarui and M. Shimazaki and T. Kato and J. Okuda and K. Ida},
  journal={Annals of Internal Medicine},
  year={2005},
  volume={143},
  pages={722-728}
}

M. Hamaguchi, T. Kojima, +10 authors K. Ida

Published 2005

Medicine

Annals of Internal Medicine

Context The metabolic syndrome is often present in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but no one knows whether it precedes NAFLD. Content At baseline, 812 members of a cohort of 4401 apparently healthy Japanese adults had NAFLD on abdominal ultrasonography. In 1 year, the authors identified 308 new cases, and NAFLD had resolved in 113 participants. Participants with the metabolic syndrome were much more likely to develop NAFLD and were less likely to experience disease… CONTINUE READING

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