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Genetic variants of NAFLD in an urban Sri Lankan community

Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; Akiyama, K.; Takeuchi, F.; Isono, M.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2013)

OBJECTIVE: Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified loci associated with susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in populations of European descent. No large-scale ...
Incidence and risk factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population – a community cohort follow-up study

Niriella, M.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.; Perera, R.; Subasinghe, C.; Kodisinghe, K.; Priyantha, C.; Rishikeshavan, V.; Dassanayake, A.; de Silva, A.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sage Publishing, 2015)

INTRODUCTION: We previously reported a community prevalence of 33% for NAFLD in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population. We also found a significant association between patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (PNPLA3) ...
Incidence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population – a community cohort follow-up study

Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.T.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Piyarathna, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016)

INTRODUCTION: In 2007, we reported a 33% prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its association with PNPLA3(rs738409) gene polymorphism in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population. OBJECTIVES: This study ...
Incidence, prevalence and demographic and life style risk factors for obesity among urban, adult Sri Lankans: a community cohort follow-up study

Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Kasturiratne, A.; Kottachchi, D.; Ranasinghe, R.M.A.G.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)

INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Obesity is a global problem. Data from the South Asian region is limited. METHODS: In a cohort follow-up study we investigated obesity among urban, adult, Sri Lankans (35-64y; selected by ...
Prevalence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome among aging adults in an urban Sri Lankan population

Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Piyaratna, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Kottachchi, D.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Jayasinghe, C.; Rajindrajith, S.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is assumed to be of high prevalence in the Asian region. However, its community prevalence and risk factors in South Asia is poorly studied. We determined the prevalence ...

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