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KMID : 0311120230640040269
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Yonsei Medical Journal
2023 Volume.64 No. 4 p.269 ~ p.277
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Changes in the Prevalences of Obesity, Abdominal Obesity, and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Korean Children during the COVID-19 Outbreak
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Song Kyung-Chul
Yang Ju-Yeon
Lee Hye-Sun
Kim Su-Jin
Lee Myeong-Seob
Suh Jung-Hwan
Kwon Ah-Reum
Kim Ho-Seong
Chae Hyun-Wook
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Abstract
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Purpose: We aimed to investigate the prevalences of obesity, abdominal obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among children and adolescents during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
Materials and Methods: This population-based study investigated the prevalences of obesity, abdominal obesity, and NAFLD among 1428 children and adolescents between 2018?2019 and 2020. We assessed the prevalences of obesity, abdominal obesity, and NAFLD according to body mass index, age, sex, and residential district. Logistic regression analyses were performed to deter mine the relationships among obesity, abdominal obesity, and NAFLD.
Results: In the obese group, the prevalence of abdominal obesity increased from 75.55% to 92.68%, and that of NAFLD increased from 40.68% to 57.82%. In age-specific analysis, the prevalence of abdominal obesity increased from 8.25% to 14.11% among par ticipants aged 10?12 years and from 11.70% to 19.88% among children aged 13?15 years. In residential district-specific analysis, the prevalence of both abdominal obesity and NAFLD increased from 6.96% to 15.74% in rural areas. In logistic regression analy sis, the odds ratio of abdominal obesity for NAFLD was 11.82.
Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that the prevalences of abdominal obesity and NAFLD increased among obese Korean chil dren and adolescents and in rural areas during the COVID-19 outbreak. Additionally, the prevalence of abdominal obesity in creased among young children. These findings suggest the importance of closely monitoring abdominal obesity and NAFLD among children during COVID-19, focusing particularly on obese young children and individuals in rural areas.
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KEYWORD
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Obesity, abdominal obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, child, adolescent, COVID-19
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