Bibiloni Esteva, Maria Del MarSalas, RogelioNunez, Georgina MVillarreal, Jesus ZSoldevila Verdeguer, CarlaTur, Josep A2024-07-092024-07-092016-05-20Bibiloni Esteva MM, Salas R, Nunez GM, Villarreal JZ, Sureda Gomila A, Tur J. Relation between Liver Transaminases and Dyslipidaemia among 2-10 y.o. Northern Mexican Children. PLoS One. 2016 May 20;11(5):e0155994.1932-6203http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/10360http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20264Background and Aims: The increase in overweight and obese children may be linked to increased rates of liver damage and dyslipidaemia. This study aimed to explore the associations of liver biomarkers with overweight/obesity and dyslipidaemia in Mexican children. Methods: The study was a population-based cross-sectional nutritional survey carried out in the State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The study included a 414 subjects aged between 2 and 10 years old (47.8% girls) who took part in the State Survey of Nutrition and Health-Nuevo Leon 2011/2012. Associations between alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), ALT/AST ratio, and major components of serum lipid profile were assessed. Results: Children with high ALT (defined as >= P-75) showed higher prevalence of dyslipidaemia than their counterparts, with high prevalence of high TChol (P = 0.053), non-HDL-chol, TG, and low HDL-chol. Children with an AST/ALT >= T3 ratio were 0.43-times (95% CI: 0.25-0.74) and 0.27-times (95% CI: 0.17-0.44) low likely to be overweight/obese and to have dyslipidaemia than those with an AST/ALT <T1 ratio, respectively. The risk of high TChol, LDL-chol, non-HDL-chol and TG, and low HDL-chol levels also decreased in AST/ALT ratio groups. Conclusions: Our results pose the need for further investigation on whether AST/ALT may be useful as screening test in the assessment of children with cardiometabolic risk.enghttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ChildAspartate AminotransferasesHumansChild, PreschoolMexicoAlanine TransaminaseCross-Sectional StudiesObesityLiverBiomarkersCholesterol, HDLDyslipidemiasOverweightresearch articleAttribution 4.0 International27203747115e015599410.1371/journal.pone.0155994PloS Oneopen accessBiomarcadoresHDL-ColesterolHígadoEstudios TransversalesPreescolarDislipidemiasHumanosObesidadAlanina TransaminasaMéxicoNiñoAspartato AminotransferasasSobrepeso2-s2.0-84991518885376291500038L610470876