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August 12, 2018Liver International

Visceral adiposity index as a predictor of NAFLD: A prospective study with 4‐year follow‐up

Chaonan Xu Zhimin Ma Yunfeng Wang Xiangtong Liu Lixin Tao Deqiang Zheng Xiuhua Guo Xinghua Yang

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Our findings suggest that the VAI level is an independent risk factor of NAFLD and there is a dose-response relationship between VAI level and NAFLD risk.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d77249db9d5e1bf4b8a9e0 https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.13941

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