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SUBMITTER: Ando Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6906495 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ando Yoshitaka Y Yamazaki Mirai M Yamada Hiroya H Munetsuna Eiji E Fujii Ryosuke R Mizuno Genki G Ichino Naohiro N Osakabe Keisuke K Sugimoto Keiko K Ishikawa Hiroaki H Ohashi Koji K Teradaira Ryoji R Ohta Yoshiji Y Hamajima Nobuyuki N Hashimoto Shuji S Suzuki Koji K
Scientific reports 20191211 1
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is closely associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type II diabetes mellitus. Recently, circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have been proposed as useful disease biomarkers. We examined whether circulating miRNAs, such as miR-20a, miR-27a, and miR-126, were useful biomarkers for NAFLD. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 527 subjects aged 39 years or older who had undergone a health examination in the Yakumo Study. Of the residents, 92 were dia ...[more]