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SUBMITTER: Clemente AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4795721 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clemente Ana Paula Grotti AP Netto Bárbara Dal Molin BD de Carvalho-Ferreira Joana Pereira JP da Silveira Campos Raquel Munhoz RM de Piano Ganen Aline A Tock Lian L de Mello Marco Túlio MT Dâmaso Ana Raimunda AR
Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo 20151231 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the relationship between the degree of waist circumference (WC) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese adolescents of both genders, analyzed according to quartiles of WC.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional study that involved 247 obese adolescents aged 12-19 years. Mean values of the nutritional parameters and serum analyses were compared with the groups using the independent t-test. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship of ...[more]