Poor Perception of Body Weight Category amongst the Overweight and Obese with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Target for Intervention

• Autors principals: Venessa Pattullo (Autor), Nour Alkazaz (Autor), Sanjeev Sockalingam (Autor), E. Jenny Heathcote (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Obesity in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is associated with adverse hepatic and metabolic outcomes. This prospective study evaluates the agreement between self-perceived body weight (BW) status and measured body mass index (BMI) category and factors associated with its underestimation in CHC. Body size...