Clinical characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese adult hypopituitary patients
Xian-Xian Yuan, Hui-Juan Zhu, Hui Pan, Shi Chen, Ze-Yu Liu, Yue Li, Lin-Jie Wang, Lin Lu, Hong-Bo Yang, Feng-Ying Gong
Xian-Xian Yuan, Hui-Juan Zhu, Hui Pan, Shi Chen, Lin-Jie Wang, Lin Lu, Hong-Bo Yang, Feng-Ying Gong, Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, The Translational Medicine Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Ze-Yu Liu, Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Yue Li, Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Author contributions: All authors helped to perform the research; Zhu HJ conceived and designed the project; Pan H, Gong FY, and Zhu HJ contributed to the project management; Chen S, Wang LJ, Lu L, and Yang HB took part in the collection of clinical samples; Yuan XX and Liu ZY took part in the statistical analysis; Yuan XX and Zhu HJ wrote the manuscrip; and Li Y took part in the revision of the manuscript.
Supported by the National Key Program of Clinical Science, No. WBYZ 2011-873; the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences, No. 2016YFC0901500; and the Special Research Fund for Central Universities, Peking Union Medical College, No. 2017PT31004.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (No. JS1233).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained from the Electronic Medical Record of Peking Union Medical College Hospital.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest regarding the work presented in this manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Hui-Juan Zhu, MD, Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, The Translational Medicine Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1, Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730, China. shengxin2004@163.com
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Received: January 13, 2019
Peer-review started: January 14, 2019
First decision: February 13, 2019
Revised: March 13, 2019
Accepted: March 15, 2019
Article in press: March 16, 2019
Published online: April 14, 2019
