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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2011; 17(6): 735-742
Published online Feb 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.735
Published online Feb 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i6.735
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: An early mediator predicting metabolic syndrome in obese children?
Jun-Fen Fu, Hong-Bo Shi, Li-Rui Liu, Ping Jiang, Li Liang, Chun-Lin Wang, Department of Endocrinology, The Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Hong-Bo Shi, Department of Pediatrics, Yinzhou People’s Hospital, Ningbo 315400, Zhejiang Province, China
Ping Jiang, The First People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Xi-Yong Liu, Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91009, United States
Author contributions: Fu JF, Shi HB, Liu LR and Jiang P substantially contributed to the conception and design of the study; Fu JF and Shi HB also wrote the manuscript; Wang CL collected and input the data; Liang L interpreted the data; Liu XY performed statistical analysis.
Supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, No. Y2080047; funds for Zhejiang Major Medical and Health Science and Technology Program and funds from Ministry of Health, No. WKJ2008-2-026; Major Special Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Fund, No. 2008c03002-1; and the National Key Technology R&D Program of China, No. 2009BAI80B01
Correspondence to: Jun-Fen Fu, MD, PhD, Department of Endocrinology, The Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 57 Zhugan Avenue, Hangzhou 310003, China. fjf68@yahoo.com.cn
Telephone: +86-571-87061007 Fax: +86-571-87033296
Received: July 20, 2010
Revised: September 6, 2010
Accepted: September 13, 2010
Published online: February 14, 2011
Revised: September 6, 2010
Accepted: September 13, 2010
Published online: February 14, 2011
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