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Metabolically healthy obesity and the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Body Composition Assessment
Author
Chang Y et al.
Used Parameters : BMI

Publication Year : 2016

Country : Korea

Journal : American Journal of Gastroenterology

OBJECTIVES: The risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among obese individuals without obesity-related metabolic abnormalities, a condition referred to as metabolically healthy obese (MHO), is largely unexplored. Therefore, we examined the association between body mass index (BMI) categories and the development of NAFLD in a large cohort of metabolically healthy men and women. METHODS: A cohort study was conducted in 77,425 men and women free of NAFLD and metabolic abnormalities at baseline, who were …
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