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Edward Fujimoto
Researcher at Loma Linda University
Publications - 4
Citations - 508
Edward Fujimoto is an academic researcher from Loma Linda University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fatty liver & Infant mortality. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 489 citations.
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Prevalence of fatty liver in Japanese children and relationship to obesity. An epidemiological ultrasonographic survey.
Kunihiko Tominaga,John H. Kurata,Yang K. Chen,Edward Fujimoto,Shouhei Miyagawa,Ichiro Abe,Yoshimasa Kusano +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of 810 northern Japanese children (4-12 years old) determined the prevalence of fatty liver in the pediatric population and its relationship to obesity, and showed a strong positive correlation between fatty liver prevalence and established obesity indices: Rohrer's Index, body mass index, and age-gender-adjusted Japanese standard index of weight for height.
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Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children and relationship to metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and waist circumference
TL;DR: The prevalence of NAFLD in children and adolescents is closely related to metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and WC, and when WC was added to the logistic model, the ORs were no longer significant, whereas WC turned out to be an independent risk factor for NA FLD regardless of the HOMA-IR index.
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A Secondary Analysis of Race/Ethnicity and other Maternal Factors Affecting Adverse Birth Outcomes in San Bernardino County
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that traditional risk factors such as length of gestation and maternal age only partially explain adverse birth outcomes, and Black mothers experienced more than twice the rate of very low birth weight than their White counterparts.
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The role of an uncommon type of oral streptococcus sanguis in the etiology of behcet's disease.
Mitsuru Tsuchida,Satoru Mineshita,Hiroshi Okonogi,Kenji Sugimori,Keiko Hoshi,Toshitaka Horiuchi,Li-man Wang,Edward Fujimoto +7 more
TL;DR: Results, showing a higher incidence of tonsillitis and dental caries during the presymptomatic period, a greater frequency of dental treatments during the symptomaticperiod, and the presence of an uncommon type ofStr.