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Two-hour postload glycemia is associated to an increased risk of NAFLD in healthy subjects with family history of type 2 diabetes: a case control study

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Author contributions

S.M. and N.P. contributed to the conception and the design of the study. A.C. and T.F. contributed to the acquisition and the collection of data. P.M. performed laboratory assays. N.P. and G.V. performed abdominal ultrasound. L.N. performed the statistical analysis. S.M., N.P., T.F., and L.N. have been involved in the interpretation of data and in drafting the manuscript. A.L. critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors approved the version to be submitted.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties “Sapienza” University, Viale del Policlinico 155, Rome, 00161, Italy

    Nadia Pallotta & Giuseppina Vincoli

  2. Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University, Viale del Policlinico 155, Rome, 00161, Italy

    Tiziana Filardi, Anna Carnovale, Andrea Lenzi & Susanna Morano

  3. Faculty of Economics, UNINT University, via Cristoforo Colombo 200, Rome, 00145, Italy

    Luciano Nieddu

  4. Department of General Surgery “P. Stefanini”, “Sapienza” University, Viale del Policlinico 155, Rome, 00161, Italy

    Paola Mariani

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Pallotta, N., Filardi, T., Carnovale, A. et al. Two-hour postload glycemia is associated to an increased risk of NAFLD in healthy subjects with family history of type 2 diabetes: a case control study. Endocrine 57, 352–355 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-016-1008-4

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