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Table 2 Comparison of prevalence and related factors among different grade and sex

From: Epidemiology and lifestyle survey of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in school-age children and adolescents in Shenyang, Liaoning

 

Grade level

Sex

Primary school students

Middle school students

High school students

P value

Boys

Girls

P value

n

395

427

479

 

345/26.52%

956/73.48%

 

Prevalence(n/%)

91/23.04%

107/25.06%

112/23.38%

 > 0.05

182/29.12%

128/18.93%

 < 0.001

Prevalence of mild fatty liver(n/%)

60/15.19%

38/8.9%

41/8.56%

 < 0.001

77/12.32%

62/9.17%

0.066

Prevalence of moderate fatty liver(n/%)

23/5.82%

45/10.54%

32/6.68%

0.023

54/8.64%

46/6.8%

0.214

Prevalence of severe fatty liver(n/%)

8/2.03%

24/5.62%

39/8.14%

 < 0.001

51/8.16%

20/2.96%

 < 0.001

Age(years)

9.57 ± 1.68

13.50 ± 0.97

16.23 ± 0.91

 < 0.001

13.29 ± 2.84

13.33 ± 3.11

0.823

Height(cm)

140.51 ± 13.37

163.89 ± 8.67

167.97 ± 8.36

 < 0.001

162.73 ± 16.42

154.19 ± 13.73

 < 0.001

Weight(kg)

38.26 ± 15.74

59.31 ± 16.55

65.27 ± 16.27

 < 0.001

60.15 ± 21.82

50.46 ± 16.45

 < 0.001

BMI(kg/m2)

18.73 ± 4.83

21.89 ± 4.96

23.03 ± 4.94

 < 0.001

22.05 ± 5.64

20.70 ± 4.73

 < 0.001

Waist(cm)

65.95 ± 13.13

71.47 ± 12.61

74.27 ± 12.19

 < 0.001

74.60 ± 13.98

67.33 ± 11.08

 < 0.001

Hip(cm)

80.23 ± 11.55

91.50 ± 9.87

96.84 ± 10.43

 < 0.001

92.01 ± 12.76

88.23 ± 12.23

 < 0.001

WHR

0.82 ± 0.08

0.78 ± 0.08

0.76 ± 0.07

 < 0.001

0.81 ± 0.08

0.76 ± 0.07

 < 0.001

CAP(dB/m)

214.58 ± 35.34

222.30 ± 40.52

223.31 ± 41.14

0.002

226.01 ± 41.81

215.07 ± 36.31

 < 0.001

Liver stiffness(kPa)

5.54 ± 2.48

6.13 ± 2.56

6.36 ± 1.70

 < 0.001

6.22 ± 2.43

5.87 ± 2.12

0.006