Interaction effects of sedentary behavior and depression on MAFLD in NHANES 2017–2020 and 2021–2023

• Wuqian Zhang ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Centre, Shanghai, China, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7491-4837

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• Yujing Wang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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• Qunyou Cong ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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• Xiaoshun Tang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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• Zhe Wang ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangzr929@126.com (ZW); luckypinenut@126.com (ZW)

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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• Zhirong Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wangzr929@126.com (ZW); luckypinenut@126.com (ZW)

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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