1. Low and High Birth Weights are Risk Factors for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children
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Kimberly P. Newton, Haruna S. Feldman, Christina D. Chambers, Laura Wilson, Cynthia Behling, Jeanne M. Clark, Jean P. Molleston, Naga Chalasani, Arun J. Sanyal, Mark H. Fishbein, Joel E. Lavine, Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, Stephanie H. Abrams, Sarah Barlow, Ryan Himes, Rajesh Krisnamurthy, Leanel Maldonado, Rory Mahabir, April Carr, Kimberlee Bernstein, Kristin Bramlage, Kim Cecil, Stephanie DeVore, Rohit Kohli, Kathleen Lake, Daniel Podberesky, Alex Towbin, Stavra Xanthakos, Daniela Allende, Srinivasan Dasarathy, Arthur J. McCullough, Mangesh Pagadala, Rish Pai, Cha'Ron Winston, Gerald Behr, Jay H. Lefkowitch, Ali Mencin, Elena Reynoso, Manal F. Abdelmalek, Mustafa Bashir, Stephanie Buie, Anna Mae Diehl, Cynthia Guy, Christopher Kigongo, David Malik, Yi-Ping Pan, Dawn Piercy, Mariko Kopping, Tyler Thrasher, Adina Alazraki, Rebecca Cleeton, Maria Cordero, Albert Hernandez, Saul Karpen, Jessica Cruz Munos, Nicholas Raviele, Miriam Vos, Molly Bozic, Oscar W. Cummings, Samer Gawrieh, Ann Klipsch, Emily Ragozzino, Linda Ragozzino, Kumar Sandrasegaran, Girish Subbarao, Raj Vuppalanchi, Laura Walker, Kimberly Kafka, Ann Scheimann, Joy Ito, Saeed Mohammad, Cynthia Rigsby, Lisa Sharda, Peter F. Whitington, Theresa Cattoor, Jose Derdoy, Janet Freebersyser, Ajay Jain, Debra King, Jinping Lai, Pat Osmack, Joan Siegner, Susan Stewart, Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri, Susan Torretta, Kristina Wriston, Fereshteh Assadian, Vanessa Barone, Maria Cardona Gonzalez, Jodie Davila, Oren Fix, Kelly Anne Hennessey, Kris V. Kowdley, Kacie Lopez, Erik Ness, Michelle Poitevin, Nicholas Procaccini, Brook Quist, Alana Saddic, Cara Wiseman, Matthew Yeh, Susan S. Baker, Diana Lopez-Graham, Sonja Williams, Lixin Zhu, Jonathan Africa, Brandon Ang, Hannah Awai, Archana Bhatt, Craig Bross, Jennifer Collins, Janis Durelle, Kathryn Harlow, Rohit Loomba, Michael Middleton, Kimberly Newton, Melissa Paiz, Claude Sirlin, Patricia Ugalde-Nicalo, Mariana Dominguez Villarreal, Bradley Aouizerat, Nathan M. Bass, Danielle Brandman, Jesse Courtier, Linda D. Ferrell, Natasha Feier, Ryan Gill, Bilal Hameed, Camille Langlois, Jacqueline Maher, Emily Rothbaum Perito, Claudia Ramos, Philip Rosenthal, Norah Terrault, Patrika Tsai, Ashley Ungermann, Pradeep Atla, Brandon Croft, Rebekah Garcia, Sonia Garcia, Muhammad Sheikh, Mandeep Singh, Kara Cooper, Simon Horslen, Evelyn Hsu, Karen Murray, Randolph Otto, Melissa Young, Sherry Boyett, Laura Carucci, Melissa J. Contos, Sherri Kirwin, Kenneth Kraft, Velimir A.C. Luketic, Puneet Puri, Jolene Schlosser, Mohammad S. Siddiqui, Elizabeth M. Brunt, Kathryn Fowler, David E. Kleiner, Sherry Brown, Edward C. Doo, Jay H. Hoofnagle, Patricia R. Robuck, Averell Sherker, Rebecca Torrance, Patricia Belt, Michele Donithan, Erin Hallinan, Milana Isaacson, Kevin P. May, Laura Miriel, Alice Sternberg, James Tonascia, Mark Van Natta, and Katherine Yates
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Databases, Factual ,Cross-sectional study ,Biopsy ,Birth weight ,Population ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Article ,Infant, Postmature ,Fetal Development ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Birth Weight ,Humans ,education ,Child ,education.field_of_study ,Obstetrics ,business.industry ,Infant, Low Birth Weight ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,United States ,Low birth weight ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Liver ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Body mass index - Abstract
To examine the distribution of birth weight in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compared with the general US population, and to investigate the relationship between birth weight and severity of NAFLD.A multicenter, cross-sectional study of children with biopsy-proven NAFLD enrolled in the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network Database. Birth weight was categorized as low birth weight (LBW), normal birth weight (NBW), or high birth weight (HBW) and compared with the birth weight distribution in the general US population. The severity of liver histology was assessed by birth weight category.Children with NAFLD (n = 538) had overrepresentation of both LBW and HBW compared with the general US population (LBW, 9.3%; NBW, 75.8%; HBW, 14.9% vs LBW, 6.1%; NBW, 83.5%; HBW 10.5%; P .0001). Children with HBW had significantly greater odds of having more severe steatosis (OR, 1.82, 95% CI. 1.15-2.88) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (OR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.21-3.40) compared with children with NBW. In addition, children with NAFLD and LBW had significantly greater odds of having advanced fibrosis (OR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.08-4.62).Birth weight involves maternal and in utero factors that may have long-lasting consequences. Children with both LBW and HBW may be at increased risk for developing NAFLD. Among children with NAFLD, those with LBW or HBW appear to be at increased risk for more severe disease.
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- 2017