Coincidental metabolic syndrome increases the risk of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis B – a prospective cohort study with paired transient elastography examinations - Wong, G. L.‐H.; Chan, H. L.‐Y.; Yu, Z.; Chan, A. W.‐H.; Choi, P. C.‐L.; Chim, A. M.‐L.; Chan, H.‐Y.; Tse, C.‐H.; Wong, V. W.‐S. (Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Alanine Transaminase - blood; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort Studies; Disease Progression; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Hepatitis B, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis B, Chronic - physiopathology; Hepatitis B, Chronic - virology; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Liver Cirrhosis - physiopathology; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Metabolic Syndrome - complications; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Obesity, Abdominal - complications; Other diseases. Semiology; Other metabolic disorders; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Viral diseases; Viral hepatitis; Viral Load; Endocrinopathy; Hepatic fibrosis; Human; Metabolic diseases; Cardiovascular disease; Hepatic disease; Metabolic syndrome; Infection; Viral hepatitis B; Prospective; Transient elastography; Viral disease; Cohort study; Risk factor; Medical imagery; Digestive diseases; Public health