Obese Children with Metabolic Syndrome Have 3 Times Higher Risk to Have Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Compared with Those without Metabolic Syndrome
Table 1
Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of the 125 obese patients.
Characteristics
Subjects ()
Number of patients with abnormal results (%)
Anthropometric
Sex (male/female)
60/65
Age (years) (mean ± SD)
12.3 ± 1.1
Overweight/obese
0/125
Waist circumference (cm)
97 ± 5.88
125 (100)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
33 ± 7.89
125 (100)
Systolic blood pressure (mm/Hg)
103 ± 9.5
25 (20)
Diastolic blood pressure (mm/Hg)
77 ± 7.8
17 (13.6)
Biochemical
ALT (U/l)
24 ± 8
0 (0)
AST (U/l)
22 ± 9
0 (0)
Total cholesterol
162 ± 28.1
0 (0)
LDL (mg/dl)
98 ± 2.5
0 (0)
HDL (mg/dl)
44 ± 9.3
45 (36)
Non-HDL (mg/dl)
139 ± 29.2
52 (41.6)
Triglyceride (mg/dl)
142 ± 45
50 (40)
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)
94.5 ± 6.8
12 (9.6)
Fasting insulin level (uU/ml)
33.7 ± 7.9
HOMA-IR
7.8 ± 5.7
78 (62.4)
Data is presented as mean ± SD. LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein.
