Changes of liver fat content and transaminases in obese children after 12-mo nutritional intervention

Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficent (P value) of fat fraction and liver echogenicity with liver function parameters

	AST	ALT	γGT
Baseline
Fat fraction	0.634 (< 0.0001)	0.456 (< 0.001)	0.469 (< 0.0001)
Liver echogenicity	0.282 (0.0530)	0.437 (< 0.001)	0.232 (0.0750)
End of treatment
Fat fraction	0.351 (0.0170)	0.297 (0.056)	0.279 (0.0630)
Liver echogenicity	0.260 (0.1030)	0.242 (0.070)	0.116 (0.2540)
Change (end of treatment-baseline)
Fat fraction	0.326 (0.0270)	0.331 (0.024)	0.271 (0.0720)
Liver echogenicity	0.225 (0.0820)	0.260 (0.063)	0.204 (0.1900)

AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; γGT: Gamma glutamyltransferase.