Low vitamin D levels and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, evidence for their independent association in men in East China: a cross-sectional study (Survey on Prevalence in East China for Metabolic Diseases and Risk Factors (SPECT-China)) - Zhai, Hua-Ling; Wang, Ning-Jian; Han, Bing; Li, Qin; Chen, Yi; Zhu, Chun-Fang; Chen, Ying-Chao; Xia, Fang-Zhen; Cang, Zhen; Zhu, Chao-Xia; Lu, Meng; Lu, Ying-Li (British journal of nutrition, 2016)
Keywords: Adult; adults; Aged; China; China - epidemiology; Cholesterol; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; demography; fatty liver; Female; Glucose; Humans; Insulin resistance; Liver diseases; Logistic Models; logit analysis; Male; males; men; metabolic diseases; Metabolic Diseases - epidemiology; Metabolic disorders; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolism and Metabolic Studies; Middle Aged; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - blood; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - diagnostic imaging; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - etiology; Obesity; patients; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; surveys; ultrasonics; Ultrasonography; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - blood; vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; Vitamin deficiency; women; Jiangxi China; United States--US; China; Insulin resistance; Homoeostasis model assessment; Vitamin D; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; BMI; US ultrasonography; 25(OH)D3 25-hydroxyvitamin D3; HOMA-IR homoeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance; NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; VDD vitamin D deficiency; HbA1c glycated Hb