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

• Main Authors: Venessa Pattullo (Author), Nour Alkazaz (Author), Sanjeev Sockalingam (Author), E. Jenny Heathcote (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: 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...