The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in non-overweight individuals with NAFLD.A population-based retrospective cohort study of 4629 participants who were enrolled in a health check-up programme for more than 10 years. A standardized questionnaire and abdominal ultrasonography were used to diagnose NAFLD. A cut-off point of BMI 23 kg/m(2) was used to define overweight (≥23.0 kg/m(2)) or non-overweight (<23.0 kg/m(2)). The primary outcome was incident T2DM.Over a mean follow-up of 12.8 years, 351 participants (7.6
作者:Takuya, Fukuda;Masahide, Hamaguchi;Takao, Kojima;Yoshitaka, Hashimoto;Akihiro, Ohbora;Takahiro, Kato;Naoto, Nakamura;Michiaki, Fukui
来源:Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2016 年 36卷 2期