Obesity is the most common risk factor for chronic liver disease: Results from risk stratification pathway using transient elastography
(2019)
Journal Article
Harris, R., Card, T. R., Delahooke, T., Aithal, G. P., & Guha, I. N. (2019). Obesity is the most common risk factor for chronic liver disease: Results from risk stratification pathway using transient elastography. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 114(11), 1744-1752. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000000357
Introduction
Obesity has been associated with liver fibrosis yet guidelines do not emphasise it as an independent risk factor in which to have a high index of suspicion of advanced disease. We aimed to elucidate the effect of a raised body mass inde...
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