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March 5, 2024Pediatric Obesity

Alanine aminotransferase elevation varies by ethnicity among Asian and Pacific Islander children with overweight or obesity

Catherine Lee Jeffrey B. Schwimmer Erica P. Gunderson Nidhi Goyal Jeanne Darbinian Louise C. Greenspan Joan C. Lo

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Abstract

Limited research on alanine aminotransferase (ALT) screening for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) among US Asian/Pacific Islander (PI) children necessitates investigation in this heterogeneous population.

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Lee et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e75a0cb6db6435876d1401 https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13110

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