Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	52126
Country	China

Category	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Prevalence, clinical characteristics, risk factors, and indicators for lean Chinese adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Jing Zeng, Rui-Xu Yang, Chao Sun, Qin Pan, Rui-Nan Zhang, Guang-Yu Chen, Ying Hu and Jian-Gao Fan
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Key Research and Development Plan “Precision Medicine Research” 2017YFSF090203 National Natural Science Foundation of China 81873565 National Natural Science Foundation of China 81900507 Hospital Funded Clinical Research, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine 17CSK04 Hospital Funded Clinical Research, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine 15LC06
Corresponding Author	Jian-Gao Fan, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Digestion and Nutrition, No. 1665, Kongjiang Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200092, China. fanjiangao@xinhuamed.com.cn
Key Words	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Lean; Body max index; Waist circumference; Fatty liver index; Triglyceride
Core Tip	The precise characterizations of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in lean Chinese adults with normal waist circumference (WC) remain unclear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the prevalence, clinical characterizations, risk factors and possible indicators for NAFLD in this. Among 810 lean participants with normal WC, 142 (17.5%) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for NAFLD. NAFLD is not uncommon in Chinese lean adults even with normal WC. Metabolic factors may play important roles in this NAFLD rather than genetic factors. A lower cut-off value of the fatty liver index score in screening for NAFLD may be used for Chinese lean adults with normal WC.
Citation	Zeng J, Yang RX, Sun C, Pan Q, Zhang RN, Chen GY, Hu Y, Fan JG. Prevalence, clinical characteristics, risk factors, and indicators for lean Chinese adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26(15): 1792-1804

Received	2019-12-25 05:06
Peer-Review Started	2019-12-25 05:07
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2020-01-19 01:13
Revised	2020-03-19 16:59
Second Decision	2020-03-26 12:54
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2020-03-26 21:06
Articles in Press	2020-03-26 21:06
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2020-04-01 02:55
Typeset the Manuscript	2020-04-20 02:02

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