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

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¹ Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China; Department of Clinical Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
² Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China.
³ Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. Electronic address: yangtianehbh@smmu.edu.cn.

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Jiong-Jie Yu et al. J Hepatol. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;69(3):756-757.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.015. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

¹ Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China; Department of Clinical Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
² Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China.
³ Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China. Electronic address: yangtianehbh@smmu.edu.cn.

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Keywords: Cirrhosis; Liver failure; Obesity; Propensity score matching.

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