Assessment of Lean Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Middle Income Country; Prevalence and Its Association with Metabolic Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study

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Naderian, Mohammadreza ; Kolahdoozan, Shadi ; Sharifi, Amir Sina ; Garmaroudi, Gholamreza ; Yaseri, Mehdi ; Poustchi, Hossein ; Sohrabpour, Amir Ali

关键词: Cut-off;    lean;    metabolic syndrome X;    Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease;    non-obese;   

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Background: Recent data has proven that the WHO (world health organization) cut-off for obesity is not applicable to the Asian population. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of lean NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) in the capital of Iran