- Original Article
- Endocrinology
- Lipid accumulation product is a predictor of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in childhood obesity
-
Bahar Özcabı, Salih Demirhan, Mesut Akyol, Hatice Öztürkmen Akay, Ayla Güven
-
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2019;62(12):450-455. Published online October 28, 2019
-
|
Background: Lipid accumulation product (LAP) is associated with the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adults.
Purpose: Here we evaluated the ability of LAP to predict NAFLD in obese children.
Methods: Eighty obese children (38 girls; age 6–18 years) were included. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical values were obtained from the patients’ medical records. LAP was calculated as [waist... |
-
-
|