Reply to: "Is obesity a risk factor for the development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients with decompensated cirrhosis?"

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Electronic address: vinay.sundaram@cshs.org.
² Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
³ Liver Failure Group, Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, UCL Medical School, London, UK.

Comment

Vinay Sundaram et al. J Hepatol. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;69(3):758.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.022. Epub 2018 May 31.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Electronic address: vinay.sundaram@cshs.org.
² Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
³ Liver Failure Group, Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, UCL Medical School, London, UK.

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Class III obesity is a risk factor for the development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
Sundaram V, Jalan R, Ahn JC, Charlton MR, Goldberg DS, Karvellas CJ, Noureddin M, Wong RJ. Sundaram V, et al. J Hepatol. 2018 Sep;69(3):617-625. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 Apr 28. J Hepatol. 2018. PMID: 29709681
Is obesity a risk factor for the development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients with decompensated cirrhosis?
Yu JJ, Li JD, Xu XF, Shen F, Yang T. Yu JJ, et al. J Hepatol. 2018 Sep;69(3):756-757. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.015. Epub 2018 Jun 8. J Hepatol. 2018. PMID: 29890192 No abstract available.