Understanding what this means helps patients make informed decisions
nevertheless, BMI, body weight, NC, WC, HC, and WHR reduced significantly in both groups after the intervention
Acknowledgments This work was supported by grants from National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant #2022YFA1106600 to S.Z), National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant #82325039, #82273255, #81822034, #81821002, and #81773119 to S.Z), Sichuan Science-Technology Project (grant # 22ZYZYTS0070 to S.Z), and Direct Scientific Research Grants from West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University (grant #KS021 and #K1907 to S.Z)
For patients losing 1520% of body weight over six months, that deficit creates real hepatic workload
Response: While the commenter did not explain why they believe that the removal of the health equity adjustment would overburden physicians, we disagree that it would do so
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