Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Beyond the natural history
Salvatore Magrì, Danilo Paduano, Fabio Chicco, Arianna Cingolani, Cristiana Farris, Giovanna Delogu, Francesca Tumbarello, Mariantonia Lai, Alessandro Melis, Laura Casula, Massimo C Fantini, Paolo Usai
Salvatore Magrì, Danilo Paduano, Fabio Chicco, Arianna Cingolani, Cristiana Farris, Giovanna Delogu, Francesca Tumbarello, Mariantonia Lai, Alessandro Melis, Laura Casula, Paolo Usai, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato 09042, Italy
Massimo C Fantini, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome 00133, Italy
Author contributions: Magrì S, Chicco F, Paduano D, Farris C, Delogu G, Tumbarello F, Lai MA and Melis A contributed to the patient recruitment and data collection; Magrì S, Lai MA and Melis A contributed to the study design; Magrì S, Chicco F, Cingolani A, Farris C, Delogu G and Tumbarello F contributed to the data analysis and writing up of manuscript; Casula L contributed to the statistical analysis; Fantini MC revised the article critically for important intellectual content; Usai P contributed to the development of study concept and design, and study supervision.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Board of Cagliari (Prot. PG/2018/23).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None declared.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Salvatore Magrì, MD, Doctor, Occupational Physician, Staff Physician, Physician, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Presidio Policlinico of Monserrato, Cagliari, SS 554 km 4,500, Monserrato 09042, Italy.
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Received: June 13, 2019
Peer-review started: June 13, 2019
First decision: July 21, 2019
Revised: July 30, 2019
Accepted: August 19, 2019
Article in press: August 19, 2019
Published online: October 7, 2019
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