Differences among patients with and without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease having elevated alanine aminotransferase levels at various stages of metabolic syndrome

• Masahiro Sogabe ,

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

  * E-mail: tokushimakenananshi@yahoo.co.jp

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Shikoku Central Hospital of the Mutual aid Association of Public School Teachers, Shikokuchuo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-1354

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• Toshiya Okahisa,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Shikoku Central Hospital of the Mutual aid Association of Public School Teachers, Shikokuchuo, Japan

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• Takeshi Kurihara,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Shikoku Central Hospital of the Mutual aid Association of Public School Teachers, Shikokuchuo, Japan

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• Masanori Takehara,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Kaizo Kagemoto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Jun Okazaki,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Yoshifumi Kida,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Akihiro Hirao,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Hironori Tanaka,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-0192

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• Tetsu Tomonari,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8484-9866

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• Tatsuya Taniguchi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Koichi Okamoto,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Masahiko Nakasono,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Tsurugi Municipal Handa Hospital, Tsurugi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9672-1317

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• Tetsuji Takayama

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Oncology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0175-1573

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