Cardiovascular Risk in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Anna B Chociej; Natalia Wasilewska; Marta Flisiak-Jackiewicz; Dariusz Lebensztejn

doi:10.2174/1573396316666201009154913

Cardiovascular Risk in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Curr Pediatr Rev. 2020;16(4):294-297. doi: 10.2174/1573396316666201009154913.

Authors

Anna B Chociej¹, Natalia Wasilewska¹, Marta Flisiak-Jackiewicz¹, Dariusz Lebensztejn¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition and Allergology, Medical University of Białystok, Bialystok, Poland.

PMID: 33038914
DOI: 10.2174/1573396316666201009154913

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the main cause of chronic liver disease in children. With the global obesity epidemic, the prevalence of NAFLD is increasing both in industrialized and developing countries. NAFLD is a multisystem disorder and a hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. Growing scientific evidence suggests that NAFLD is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This paper briefly describes the current knowledge concerning the association between NAFLD and cardiac dysfunction in children.

Keywords: NAFLD; cardiovascular disease; chronic; disease; hepatic manifestation; liver.

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / etiology
Child
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome*
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / complications
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / diagnosis
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / epidemiology
Risk Factors