Follicle-stimulating hormone is negatively associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a Chinese elderly population: a retrospective observational study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe Ethics Committee of Fujian Provincial Hospital granted approval for this study. Given its retrospective nature, the requirement of informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of Fujian Provincial Hospital. All procedures followed relevant guidelines and regulations, ensuring compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki for research involving human participants, human material, or human data. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"Funding This study was supported by the project of the youth and middle-aged talents of Fujian Provincial Health, Family Planning Commission (2016J01496, 2013-ZQN-ZD-4), Pilot project of Fujian science and technology program (2020Y0064), High-level hospital foster grants from Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian province, China (2019HSJJ17), and Research on intelligent recommendation decision model of geriatrics based on big data (2021CXA001)."