Type 2 Diabetes in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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JB Schwimmer et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2022.05.028. Pre-proof full text PDF:Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Methods: Children with NAFLD (n=892) enrolled in the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network were followed longitudinally. These children had a mean age of 12.8 years followed for a mean of 3.8 years 

Key findings:

  • At baseline, 63 (of 892) children had T2D, and during follow-up, an additional 97 children developed incident T2D, resulting in a period prevalence of 16.8 %.
  • Incident T2D was significantly higher in females versus males (HR 1.8 [1.0-2.8]), associated with BMI z-score (HR 1.8), and more severe liver histology including steatosis grade (HR 1.3), and fibrosis stage (HR 1.3).

My take: Children/adolescents with NAFLD need to be monitored for the development of T2D.

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