Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 865-872 , September 2009

Prediction of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Fat Using Metabolic and Genetic Factors

  • Anna Kotronen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Minerva Medical Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    • Diabetes Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Anna Kotronen, MB, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Finland, P.O. Box 700, room C425B, FIN-00029 HUCH, Helsinki, Finland. fax: (358)-9-471-71896
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  • Markku Peltonen

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Antti Hakkarainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Ksenia Sevastianova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Minerva Medical Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Robert Bergholm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Minerva Medical Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Lina M. Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Obesity, University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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  • Nina Lundbom

      Affiliations

    • Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Aila Rissanen

      Affiliations

    • Obesity Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Martin Ridderstråle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Obesity, University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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  • Leif Groop

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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  • Marju Orho–Melander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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  • Hannele Yki–Järvinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Received 13 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 June 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by research grants from the Academy of Finland (to H.Y.-J.); the Sigrid Juselius Foundation (to H.Y.-J.); the Novo Nordisk Foundation (to H.Y.-J., M.R.); the Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation (to A.K.); the Paulo Foundation (to A.K.); the Wallenberg Foundation (to L.G.); a Nordic Centre of Excellence in Disease Genetics grant by the Nordic Research Councils (to L.G.); the Swedish Research Council, Region Skåne (to M.R.); Påhlsson Foundation (to M.R.); the UMAS Foundation (to M.R.); the Swedish Diabetes Foundation (to M.R.); the Crafoord Foundation (to M.R.); the Lundgren Foundation (to M.R.); the Bergvall Foundation (to M.R.); and the European Commission as an Integrated Project under the 6th Framework Programme (contract LSHM-CT-2005-018734) (to H.Y.-J.) as part of the project “Hepatic and adipose tissue and functions in the metabolic syndrome (www.hepadip.org).

PII: S0016-5085(09)00913-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.06.005

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 865-872 , September 2009

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