Obesity and its association with cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma
Lizardi-Cervera, J.; Motola-Kuba, D.; Guevara-González, L.
Gaceta Medica de Mexico 140 Suppl. 2: S77-S83
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-3813 PMID: 15641476 Document Number: 572387
Obesity is a rapidly growing health issue in Mexico and throughout the world because it is perceived as an alarming threat directly related with lifestyle in both children and adults, although cardiovascular, metabolic, neoplasic, and sleep-disorder complications of obesity are being investigated. However, overweight is a risk factor for chronic liver disease because liver fibrosis can develop in overweight patients free of any other known causes of liver disease. Obesity has been associated with development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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