Journal
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 110-117Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000904
Keywords
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; childhood; exercise; fatty liver; physical activity
Funding
- UK Medical Research Council [G0801456, G0701594, G1002375]
- British Heart Foundation [PG/11/33/28794]
- European Union [HEALTH-F2-2009-241762]
- Wellcome Trust [092731]
- University of Bristol
- Emma L. Anderson's studentship
- Medical Research Council [MC_UU_12013/5, G0701594, G0801456, 1046610, MC_PC_15018, G1002375] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0701594, MC_UU_12013/5, G1002375, G0801456] Funding Source: UKRI
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Objectives:The aim of the present study was to assess whether objectively measured physical activity at mean ages 12 and 14 years are prospectively associated with ultrasound scan liver fat and stiffness (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase [AST], and -glutamyl transferase [GGT]) assessed at mean age 17.8 years.Methods:Participants were from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Total physical activity (counts per minute) and minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were measured using ActiGraph accelerometers at mean ages 12 and 14 years.Results:Greater total physical activity and MVPA at ages 12 and 14 years were associated with lower odds of liver fat and lower GGT levels at mean age 17.8 years, such as per 15-minute increase in daily MVPA at age 12 years, the confounder adjusted odds ratio of liver fat was 0.47 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.27-0.84). Associations attenuated after additional adjustment for fat mass as a potential confounder (eg, per 15-minute increase in daily MVPA at age 12 years, the odds ratio of liver fat attenuated to 0.65 [95% CI 0.35-1.21]) or a potential mediator (eg, per 15-minute increase in daily MVPA at age 12 years the odds ratio of liver fat attenuated to 0.59 [95% CI 0.32-1.09]). Results did not further attenuate after additional adjustment for insulin resistance. There was some evidence that greater total physical activity and MVPA at age 12 years were associated with the higher AST levels.Conclusions:Adolescents who were more active in childhood have lower odds of fatty liver and lower GGT levels. These findings are likely to be, at least in part, explained by adiposity.
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