Review Article
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Genetic Polymorphisms and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Any Role in Disease Susceptibility?
Table 1
Characteristics of the studies on the association between the PPAR
polymorphisms and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
| First author, year | Ref. | PPAR variant | Population ethnicity, country | Sample size () | Patients characteristics | Liver biopsy () | Female sex, (%) | Conclusions |
| Chen, 2008 | [24] | Val227Ala | China | | Unspecified NAFLD | = not specified | 40 (51) | Association with NAFLD | Dongiovanni, 2010 | [25] | Leu162Val | Caucasian, Italy | | Histological NAFLD | | 41 (20) | No association with NAFLD |
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Ref: reference number; : number; NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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