Food Insecurity and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity
Orkin S, Zhao X, Setchell K, Carr E, Arce-Clachar A, Bramlage K, Huang R, Fei L, Beck A, Fawaz R, Valentino P, Xanthakos S, Mouzaki M. Food Insecurity and Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Severity. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 265: 113818. PMID: 37931698, PMCID: PMC11108653, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseHousehold Food Security Survey ModuleFood Security Survey ModuleNonalcoholic fatty liver disease severityPediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePossible pathophysiologic linkLiver disease severityFatty liver diseaseBMI z-scoreCross-sectional studyFood-secure counterpartsYears of ageSurvey ModulePathophysiologic linkWarrants further explorationHistologic severityLiver diseasePathophysiologic mechanismsFood insecurityMean ageFood insecurity statusEarly presentationDisease severityZ-scorePatients