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SUBMITTER: Patel PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687130 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patel Preya J PJ Smith David D Connor Jason P JP Horsfall Leigh U LU Hayward Kelly L KL Hossain Fabrina F Williams Suzanne S Johnson Tracey T Stuart Katherine A KA Brown Nigel N NN Saad Nivene N Clouston Andrew D AD Irvine Katharine M KM Russell Anthony W AW Russell Anthony W AW Valery Patricia C PC Powell Elizabeth E EE
Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 20171101
<h4>Aim</h4>To examine the association between lifetime alcohol consumption and significant liver disease in type 2 diabetic patients with NAFLD.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study assessing 151 patients with NAFLD at risk of clinically significant liver disease. NAFLD fibrosis severity was classified by transient elastography; liver stiffness measurements ≥8.2 kPa defined significant fibrosis. Lifetime drinking history classified patients into nondrinkers, light drinkers (always ≤20 g/day), ...[more]