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- Title
The relative contributions of soft tissue mass components as risk or protective factors of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children.
- Authors
Chen, JingNan; Jin, BingHan; Wang, FengLei; Wu, ZhaoYuan; Dorazio, Robert M.; Fu, JunFen
- Abstract
Background/Objective: Several body components are known to be associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children. However, the relative contributions of soft tissue mass components as risk or protective factors of NAFLD are largely unknown because measurements of these components are often highly correlated. Therefore, we aimed to estimate levels of association between soft tissue mass components and NAFLD. Subjects/Methods: We collected the medical records of 555 Chinese children (aged 3–18 years). Five mutually exclusive and exhaustive components of soft tissue mass were measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. NAFLD was diagnosed with abdominal B-ultrasound scan. We fit Dirichlet regression and multivariate linear regression models wherein age and NAFLD were used as predictors of the proportional measurements of soft tissue mass components. Results: The proportion of android fat was significantly higher in children with NAFLD than in those without NAFLD (ratio of proportions ranged from 1.18 to 1.30), whereas proportions of trunk lean and limb lean were significantly lower (ratio of proportions ranged from 0.87 to 0.92 for trunk lean and from 0.82 to 0.91 for limb lean). The proportion of gynoid fat was slightly higher in boys with NAFLD than in those without NAFLD (ratio = 1.05), but this proportion was not significantly higher in girls. The association between the proportion of android fat and NAFLD appeared to be somewhat greater than the associations between proportions of trunk lean or limb lean components and NAFLD. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that lowering fat mass and increasing lean mass can both be used to combat NAFLD in children and that more studies are needed to determine the association between gynoid fat and NAFLD.
- Subjects
CHINA; ULTRASONIC imaging of the abdomen; PHOTON absorptiometry; MULTIVARIATE analysis; LEAN body mass; NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease; REGRESSION analysis; RISK assessment; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL models; ADIPOSE tissues; DISEASE risk factors; CHILDREN
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2023, Vol 77, Issue 12, p1167
- ISSN
0954-3007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41430-023-01326-3