To evaluate predictors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ... the prevalence of NAFLD in obese children has been reported to range from 20 to 77% (Chan et al., 2004).

The first reports of NAFLD in children were in the 1980s ... not been determined whether the severity of obesity is associated with an increased prevalence of severity of depression.

Most children with obesity who are at high risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are not being screened, possibly leading to underdiagnosis of the condition, according to a speaker at ...

This disease has been less extensively studied among children than among adults. We propose to analyze the prevalence ... Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is common in the obese pediatric ...

overweight and obese children were more likely to have adult NAFLD (males: odds ratios, 2.49 and 2.78 for BMI and subscapular skinfold thickness, respectively; females: odds ratios, 3.34 and 3.61 ...

“In view of the increased prevalence of obesity among children and ... for advanced fibrosis in pediatric NAFLD patients.” All of the children and adolescents included in this subanalysis ...

Dads With Obesity Mostly Cleared in Their Children's NAFLD ... P<0.0001), while the association between paternal BMI in obese men and NAFLD was non-significant (adjusted OR 1.35, 95% CI 0.91-2. ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... The data from a recent study highlights the worrying trend that 35.4% of children are affected, with the prevalence being even higher among obese children ...

Study shows high prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver in Thiruvananthapuram Rate higher than global prevalence of 25%; obesity found to be more of a risk factor than diabetes ...