Community Socioeconomic Deprivation and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to obesity. Obesity is associated with lower socioeconomic status (SES). An independent link between pediatric NAFLD and SES has not been elucidated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the distribution of socioeconomic deprivation, measured using an area-level proxy, in pediatric patients with known NAFLD and to determine whether deprivation is associated with liver disease severity.

Methods

Retrospective study of patients <21 years with NAFLD, followed from 2009 to 2018. The patients' addresses were mapped to census tracts, which were then linked to the community deprivation index (CDI; range 0--1, higher values indicating higher deprivation, calculated from six SES-related variables avail

SUBMITTER: Orkin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054652 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature