Intrahepatic Fat Content and Markers of Hepatic Fibrosis in Obese Children

Table 3

Relationship between hepatic fibrosis markers, IHF, and biochemical parameters.

	CIV	LN	LN HA	LN PCIII	LN IHF	NFS	LN APRI	LN FIB-4
Age	−0.011	−0.012	0.011	−0.022	0.164	0.288	0.126	0.525
WC	0.055	−0.089	0.059	0.056	0.326	−0.022	0.166	−0.111
SBP	0.024	−0.09	−0.02	0.055	0.147	0.189	0.122	0.207
Uric acid	0.135	−0.066	0.106	0.163	0.414	0.213	0.259	0.173
HDL	−0.214	−0.067	−0.201	−0.049	−0.296	−0.134	−0.276	−0.109
LDL	−0.013	−0.046	0.046	0.042	0.170	0.124	0.136	0.042
LN TG	−0.006	0.047	0.091	0.122	0.274	0.092	0.112	−0.075
LN ALT	0.224	0.015	0.145	0.233	0.725	0.040	0.780	0.156
LN AST	0.315	0.107	0.138	0.312	0.545	0.059	0.888	0.398
LN γ-GT	0.195	−0.001	0.163	0.246	0.586	0.059	0.632	0.201
LN F insulin	−0.068	−0.078	0.098	0.042	0.164	0.145	−0.104	−0.083
LN insulin 120	−0.04	−0.089	−0.198	−0.08	0.091	0.033	−0.022	0.017
Fasting glucose	0.065	0.190	0.176	0.031	−0.013	0.376	0.104	0.097
LN OGTT 120	0.042	0.09	0.131	0.035	0.247	0.184	0.207	0.107
HbA1c	−0.041	0.207	−0.055	0.190	0.117	−0.001	0.094	0.121
LN HOMA-IR	−0.057	−0.05	0.123	0.045	0.163	0.198	−0.083	−0.065
MS score	0.146	0.171	0.172	0.063	0.230	0.358	0.234	0.165

Pearson’s correlation tests were performed. The variables without normal distribution were natural base logarithmic (LN) transformed to normal distribution before analysis. ; .