Body mass index in school-aged children and the risk of routinely diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adulthood: a prospective study based on the Copenhagen School Health Records Register

Zimmermann, Esther; Gamborg, Michael; Holst, Claus; L. Baker, Jennifer; I. A. Sørensen, T.; Landsvig Berentzen, Tina

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006998

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Body mass index in school-aged children and the risk of routinely diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adulthood: a prospective study based on the Copenhagen School Health Records Register

Published in BMJ Open • May 1, 2015

Authors:

Esther Zimmermann

Michael Gamborg

Claus Holst

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The relation between childhood overweight and adult non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is largely unknown. We investigated if weight and weight gain in childhood increases the risk of being diagnosed with NAFLD in routine clinical settings in adulthood. PARTICIPANTS: We studied 244...

Subject

Medicine

Body mass index

Epidemiology

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