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on-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in children: determining the prevalence of liver fibrosis using FibroScan®

Recruiting
Conditions
fatty liver
hepatic steatosis
10019654
Registration Number
NL-OMON55751
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
604
Inclusion Criteria

• Age 8 - 18 years
• Obesity (BMI >= 95th percentile) or overweight (BMI >= 85th and < 94th
percentile) with one of the following additional risk factors: central
adiposity, insulin resistance, prediabetes or diabetes, dyslipidemia, sleep
apnea, or family history of NAFLD/NASH.

Exclusion Criteria

• Age > 18 years
• Other liver disease (viral/autoimmune hepatitis, M. Wilson, haemochromatosis,
alfa1-antitrypsine deficiency)
• Metabolic disease (beta-oxidation defects, urea cyclus defects)
• Alcohol consumption > 140 g/week
• Use of steatogenic medication

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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