Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels is negatively associated with bone mineral density: Cross-sectional study in U.S. adults

Toshihiro Umehara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197900

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels is negatively associated with bone mineral density: Cross-sectional study in U.S. adults

Toshihiro Umehara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: toshihiro.umehara@alumni.emory.edu

Current address: Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan; Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7015-621X

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels is negatively associated with bone mineral density: Cross-sectional study in U.S. adults

Toshihiro Umehara

Published: June 13, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197900

About the Authors

Toshihiro Umehara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: toshihiro.umehara@alumni.emory.edu

Current address: Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan; Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7015-621X

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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