Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity
Background. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest etiology of chronic hepatic problems in children with obesity. This study aimed to assess whether urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio (UCPCR) might be a potential indicator of NAFLD in obese children. Methods. The stu...
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Background. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest etiology of chronic hepatic problems in children with obesity. This study aimed to assess whether urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio (UCPCR) might be a potential indicator of NAFLD in obese children.
Methods. The study included 240 children with simple obesity. Hepatic ultrasonic examination, anthropometric and laboratory measurements including fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, fasting C peptide, liver, renal profile, lipid profile, and UCPCR were obtained in all cases. According to the results of the hepatic ultrasonography, cases were classified into two categories, those with NAFLD (n=98) and without NAFLD (n= 142).
Results. In cases with NAFLD, UCPCR was significantly higher than those without NAFLD (P < 0.001). A significant positive correlation between UCPCR and waist circumference (WC SDS), triglyceride, fasting C-peptide, HOMA-IR and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was found (P < 0.001 for each). Adjusting for other variables, UCPCR was the most significant predictor of NAFLD in children with obesity with higher odds ratio (OR = 3.26) than fasting C peptide (OR = 2.87), triglyceride (OR = 1.89), ALT (OR = 2.20), WC SDS (OR = 1.32) and age (OR=1.27) . UCPCR cut-off value of 0.755 nmol/mmol was able to discriminate cases with NAFLD from those without NAFLD with a sensitivity of 95%, a specificity of 87%.
Conclusions. We concluded that UCPCR is a useful, practical and non-invasive predictor of NAFLD in children with obesity with high sensitivity and specificity.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0d79ef9bb192401a83082de12f46ad3f2025-08-20T03:00:51ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212022-06-0164310.24953/turkjped.2022.41Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesityHekma Saad Farghaly0Kotb Abbass Metwalley1Yasser Gamal2Ghada Mohamed Saied3Yasser Farouk4Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.Departments of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. Background. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest etiology of chronic hepatic problems in children with obesity. This study aimed to assess whether urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio (UCPCR) might be a potential indicator of NAFLD in obese children. Methods. The study included 240 children with simple obesity. Hepatic ultrasonic examination, anthropometric and laboratory measurements including fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, fasting C peptide, liver, renal profile, lipid profile, and UCPCR were obtained in all cases. According to the results of the hepatic ultrasonography, cases were classified into two categories, those with NAFLD (n=98) and without NAFLD (n= 142). Results. In cases with NAFLD, UCPCR was significantly higher than those without NAFLD (P < 0.001). A significant positive correlation between UCPCR and waist circumference (WC SDS), triglyceride, fasting C-peptide, HOMA-IR and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was found (P < 0.001 for each). Adjusting for other variables, UCPCR was the most significant predictor of NAFLD in children with obesity with higher odds ratio (OR = 3.26) than fasting C peptide (OR = 2.87), triglyceride (OR = 1.89), ALT (OR = 2.20), WC SDS (OR = 1.32) and age (OR=1.27) . UCPCR cut-off value of 0.755 nmol/mmol was able to discriminate cases with NAFLD from those without NAFLD with a sensitivity of 95%, a specificity of 87%. Conclusions. We concluded that UCPCR is a useful, practical and non-invasive predictor of NAFLD in children with obesity with high sensitivity and specificity. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/174fasting C- peptideinsulin resistancenon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseobesityurinary C-peptide creatinine ratio |
| spellingShingle | Hekma Saad Farghaly Kotb Abbass Metwalley Yasser Gamal Ghada Mohamed Saied Yasser Farouk Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics fasting C- peptide insulin resistance non-alcoholic fatty liver disease obesity urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio |
| title | Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity |
| title_full | Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity |
| title_fullStr | Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity |
| title_short | Urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity |
| title_sort | urinary c peptide creatinine ratio is a significant indicator of non alcoholic fatty liver disease in children with obesity |
| topic | fasting C- peptide insulin resistance non-alcoholic fatty liver disease obesity urinary C-peptide creatinine ratio |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/174 |
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