Risk of chronic liver disease in post-menopausal women due to body mass index, alcohol and their interaction: a prospective nested cohort study within the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)

We investigated the risk of chronic liver disease (CLD) due to alcohol consumption and body mass index (BMI) and the effects of their interaction in a prospective cohort study of women recruited to the UKCTOCS trial. 95,126 post-menopausal women without documented CLD were stratified into 12 groups...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC public health 2017-06, Vol.17 (1), p.603-9, Article 603
Hauptverfasser: Trembling, Paul M, Apostolidou, Sophia, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Parkes, Julie, Ryan, Andy, Tanwar, Sudeep, Burnell, Matthew, Jacobs, Ian, Menon, Usha, Rosenberg, William M
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Zusammenfassung:We investigated the risk of chronic liver disease (CLD) due to alcohol consumption and body mass index (BMI) and the effects of their interaction in a prospective cohort study of women recruited to the UKCTOCS trial. 95,126 post-menopausal women without documented CLD were stratified into 12 groups defined by combinations of BMI (normal, overweight, obese) and alcohol consumption (none,
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-017-4518-y