2012
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i3.237
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Aging is a risk factor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in premenopausal women

Abstract: Aging is a risk factor for NAFLD in premenopausal women, independent of weight gain or influence of metabolic syndrome.

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“…Although the present sample of PMW has revealed a higher frequency of NAFLD, it was lower among those who referred HRT use, similar to the findings described in another study (11) .…”
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confidence: 79%
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“…Although the present sample of PMW has revealed a higher frequency of NAFLD, it was lower among those who referred HRT use, similar to the findings described in another study (11) .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…Hamaguchi et al (11) suggested that aging is a risk factor for NAFLD in premenopausal women, independent of weight gain or influence of MS. In addition, results from the authors showed higher frequency of NAFLD in PMW who did not use HRT when compared to premenopausal and postmenopausal women who referred HRT usage.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The early stage of NAFLD is "simple hepatic steatosis" with relatively good prognosis (6). However, the progression of nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis causes non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (6), and eventually induces cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma (7,8). Therefore, effective approaches for the prevention of hepatic steatosis are needed.…”
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“…Aging is a known risk factor for NAFLD (5,6). The early stage of NAFLD is "simple hepatic steatosis" with relatively good prognosis (6). However, the progression of nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis causes non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) (6), and eventually induces cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma (7,8).…”
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