Physical Activity Is Prospectively Associated With Adolescent Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to assess whether objectively measured physical activity at mean ages 12 and 14 years are prospectively associated with ultrasound scan liver fat and stiffness (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase [AST], and γ-glutamyl transferase [GGT]) assessed at mean age 17.8 years.

Methods

Participants were from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Total physical activity (counts per minute) and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were measured using ActiGraph accelerometers at mean ages 12 and 14 years.

Results

Greater total physical activity and MVPA at ages 12 and 14 years were associated with lower odds of liver fat and lower GGT levels at mean age 17.8 years, such as per 15-minu

SUBMITTER: Anderson EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4697952 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature