[The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its related risk factors in 1180 school children in Shanghai].

Abstract

Based on liver ultrasound, the prevalence of NAFLD is 2.1% of the 1180 surveyed school students age 6 to 14 years. The prevalence of NAFLD was obvious higher in overweight and obese students compared with that in students with normal BMI. Male students had more NAFLD than female students. BMI and WHR could be used as effective indexes to predict the occurrence of NAFLD.