Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: An early mediator predicting metabolic syndrome in obese children?

Figure 4 Clinical features of the metabolic syndrome in obese patients based on liver B-ultrasound gradings. Concerning the individual metabolic component, body mass index (BMI), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and systolic pressure were significantly higher in class 1 and classes 2-3 compared with class 0 (P < 0.05), but there was no difference between class 1 and classes 2-3 (P > 0.05). The levels of uric acid and triglyceride were only markedly increased in classes 2-3 compared with class 0 (P < 0.05). There was no difference in cholesterol levels among the three groups (P > 0.05).