An Exploration of Prevalence and Associated Factors of Nonal-coholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Taiwanese Police Service
| Autor: | TH Tung, WH Chiu, TH Lin, HC Shih, CT Hsu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 40, Iss 4 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2251-6085 2251-6093 |
| Popis: | Background: The purpose of this study was to explore any gender-related differences in prevalence of and condition-associated factors related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) amongst police population in Taipei, Taiwan. Methods: We studied a total of 1016 healthy adults with police work (972 males and 44 females) voluntarily admitted to physical check-up between January 2006 and December 2006. Blood samples and ultrasound-proved fatty liver sonography results were collected. Results: The prevalence of NAFLD for this sub-population was found to be 52.2%, the prevalence revealing a statistically significant decrease with increasing population age (P |
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