Country of birth modifies the association of fatty liver index with insulin action in Middle Eastern immigrants to Sweden.

Summary, in English

Non-alcohol fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a strong risk factor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence of NAFLD varies across populations of different ethnic backgrounds but the prevalence in Middle Eastern populations, which are at high risk of type 2 diabetes, is largely unknown. Using fatty liver index (FLI) as a proxy for NAFLD the aim was to calculate the odds of NAFLD (FLI≥70) given country of origin and further to investigate the associations between ISI and FLI.

• Author: Louise Bennet; Leif Groop; Paul Franks
• Department/s: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Translational Muscle Research; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 66-74
• Publication/Series: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 1
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• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26278350?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2015.07.011
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Status: Published
• Project: The MEDIM project
• Research group: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1872-8227