Increase in the prevalence of fatty liver in Japan over the past 12 years: analysis of clinical background

Contribution of intra-abdominal fat accumulation to the impairment of glucose and lipid metabolism in human obesity

1987 • 1,218 citations

Comparison of liver histology with ultrasonography in assessing diffuse parenchymal liver disease

1991 • 533 citations

Contribution of visceral fat accumulation to the development of coronary artery disease in non-obese men

1994 • 425 citations

Prevalence of fatty liver in a general population of Okinawa, Japan.

1988 • 365 citations

Sexual dimorphism of age-related changes in whole-body fat distribution in the obese

1994 • 350 citations

Metabolism of adipose tissue in intraabdominal depots of nonobese men and women

1989 • 316 citations

Fatty liver in non‐alcoholic non‐overweight Japanese adults: Incidence and clinical characteristics

2002 • 273 citations

Close correlation of intra-abdominal fat accumulation to hypertension in obese women.

1990 • 265 citations

Imaging of Hepatic Steatosis

2001 • 218 citations

Improvement of glucose and lipid metabolism associated with selective reduction of intra-abdominal visceral fat in premenopausal women with visceral fat obesity.

1991 • 188 citations

Metabolic and nutritional considerations in nonalcoholic fatty liver

2000 • 182 citations

The bright liver syndrome. Prevalence and determinants of a "bright" liver echopattern.

1997 • 122 citations

Gray Scale Ultrasound Imaging

1976 • 120 citations

Correlation between Fatty Liver and Coronary Risk Factors: A Population Study of Elderly Men and Women in Nagasaki, Japan.

2001 • 83 citations

Frequency of abnormalities detected by abdominal ultrasound among Japanese adults

1991 • 36 citations

Norephedrine (phenylpropanolamine) stimulates oxygen consumption and lactate production in the perfused rat hindlimb.

1991 • 26 citations

[Ultrasonic and laboratory studies on fatty liver in white-collar workers].

1995 • 18 citations

Fatty liver--current look at the old disease.

2001 • 16 citations

Association of fatty liver with increased ratio of visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue in obese men.

1998 • 16 citations

A study on fatty liver in health examination participants.

1989 • 13 citations

Relationship between Fatty Liver and Coronary Risk Factors

2000 • 3 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations