Association between the Fatty Liver Index and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the EPIC-Potsdam Study.

Association between the Fatty Liver Index and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the EPIC-Potsdam Study.

The fatty liver index (FLI) predicts fatty liver by using BMI, waist circumference, γ-glutamyltransferase and triglycerides. We investigated the association between the FLI and the risk of type 2 diabetes and evaluated to what extent single FLI components contribute to the diabetes risk. We analysed...

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Main Authors: Susanne Jäger, Simone Jacobs, Janine Kröger, Norbert Stefan, Andreas Fritsche, Cornelia Weikert, Heiner Boeing, Matthias B Schulze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4406732?pdf=render

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