Fredrik Åberg

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Waist-hip ratio is superior to BMI in predicting liver-related outcomes and synergizes with harmful alcohol use - Communications Medicine

Sep 6, 2023 | nature.com | Fredrik Åberg |Veikko Salomaa

AbstractObesity is associated with liver disease, but the best obesity-related predictor remains undefined. Controversy exists regarding possible synergism between obesity and alcohol use for liver-related outcomes (LRO). We assessed the predictive performance for LROs, and synergism with alcohol use, of abdominal obesity (waist-hip ratio, WHR), and compared it to overall obesity (body mass index, BMI).

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