Magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure hepatic triglyceride content: prevalence of hepatic steatosis in the general population

• Published in: American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 288; no. 2; pp. E462 - E468
• Main Authors: Szczepaniak, Lidia S, Nurenberg, Pamela, Leonard, David, Browning, Jeffrey D, Reingold, Jason S, Grundy, Scott, Hobbs, Helen H, Dobbins, Robert L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Fatty Liver - epidemiology; Fatty Liver - metabolism; Female; Humans; Liver - metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - methods; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - statistics & numerical data; Male; Mass Screening - methods; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Distribution; Texas - epidemiology; Triglycerides - analysis; Triglycerides - metabolism; Texas

Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, and Departments of 1 Internal Medicine and 2 Radiology, and 3 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas Submitted 10 February 2004 ; accepted in final form 25 August 2004 D...