Tag: Liver Disease: Misc.
Factors ID’d to Predict Fatty Liver in Obese Teens
African-American obese teens more susceptible to fatty liver effects on glucose metabolism
Obesity Can Negatively Effect Liver in Children As Young As 8
At mid-childhood, 23 percent of studied children with high waist circumference had elevated ALT
Text Message-Based Intervention Helps With Sobriety Maintenance
Findings among liver transplant candidates with alcoholic liver disease
Alternatives to Whole Liver Transplants Feasible for Children
Alternatives helped to improve outcomes 2002 to 2015, indicating new ways to increase organ supply
Hepatic Fat Accumulation May Have Causal Role in Liver Disease
Impact of genetic variants on liver damage proportional to effect on hepatic fat accumulation
Good Long-Term Survival After Childhood Liver Transplant
20-year survival almost 80 percent; over one-third of patients have CKD, altered liver biochemistries
NAFLD Not Independently Tied to Risk of Reflux Esophagitis
After adjustment for BMI and other metabolic factors the association disappeared
Metabolic Risk Factors Linked to Severe Liver Disease
Diabetes only significant predictor among alcohol risk users; alcohol use predictive for non-risk drinkers
Vitamin E in Early Childhood Tied to Lower ALT Levels Later
Findings persist when early diet considered; strengthened when BMI z-score taken into account
NAFLD Linked to Increased Cancer Incidence Rate
NAFLD strongly tied to development of hepatocellular carcinoma, CRC in males, breast cancer in females
