ESPE Abstracts (2022) 95 P2-109

ESPE2022 Poster Category 2 Fat, Metabolism and Obesity (36 abstracts)

Updated reference ranges for aminotransferase levels of Korean children and young adolescents based on the risk factors for metabolic syndrome

Young-Jun Seo 1 , Young Suk Shim 2 , Hae Sang Lee 2 & Jin Soon Hwang 2


1Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of South Korea; 2Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Republic of South Korea


We investigated the reference values of liver enzymes based on cardiometabolic risks among children and adolescents using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). A total of 8,091 subjects aged 10-18 years were included data from 2007-2017. Overall, Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and the AST/ALT ratio varied with sex and age. AST levels tended to decrease with age, but ALT levels had a U-shaped curve, which resulted in a gradual increase in the AST/ALT ratio after age 13. The prevalence of MetS was strongly associated with elevated AST or ALT and a decreased AST/ALT ratio. The odds ratios of the development of MetS were elevated in groups with high levels of AST and ALT and a low AST/ALT ratio. Particularly in the combined ALT and AST/ALT analyses, borderline-high levels also showed a high odds ratio of MetS. Liver enzymes were also involved in the increase in the adjusted mean values for each risk factor for MetS. Here, we provided updated reference values for liver enzymes based on the analysis between population-based data and cardiometabolic risk factors; AST, ALT and the AST/ALT ratio might be useful in the early diagnosis and treatment of the MetS.

Volume 95

60th Annual ESPE (ESPE 2022)

Rome, Italy
15 Sep 2022 - 17 Sep 2022

European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology 

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