[Waist circumference as a marker for screening nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese adolescents].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between the degree of waist circumference (WC) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese adolescents of both genders, analyzed according to quartiles of WC.

Methods

Cross-sectional study that involved 247 obese adolescents aged 12-19 years. Mean values of the nutritional parameters and serum analyses were compared with the groups using the independent t-test. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship of the parameters studied. Chi-square test for trend was used to determine the relationship between the prevalence of the NAFLD and WC quartile by gender.

Results

NAFLD were presented in 60% of the study participants. Obese adolescents in the 3rd and 4th quartiles of WC presented higher prevalen

SUBMITTER: Clemente AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4795721 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature