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Fábio da Veiga Ued1, Virgínia Resende S Weffort1.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on the importance of antioxidant vitamins, analyzed in the context of dietary intake, its plasma levels, and its current use as a supplementation treatment in obese children and adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. DATA SOURCES: The articles were identified in Lilacs, Ibecs, SciELO, PubMed/Medline, and Scopus databases. To conduct the survey, the "fatty liver" descriptor was associated to the following words: "children", "antioxidants" and "vitamins". The search was limited to articles written in Portuguese, Spanish and English, with publication date until December, 2012. DATA SYNTHESIS: Six studies were selected. The survey revealed a low dietary intake and low antioxidant vitamins serum levels in this population. The changes in lifestyle, with adequate dietary intake of vitamins, and the increase in physical activity were associated with a significant improvement in liver histology and in laboratory tests. Vitamin supplementation also improved the disease progression markers, as the alanine aminotransferase serum levels and the histological characteristics of lobular inflammation and hepatocellular damage. However, these improvements were not statistically significant in all studies.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24473959 PMCID: PMC4183033 DOI: 10.1590/S0103-05822013000400016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Paul Pediatr ISSN: 0103-0582
Chart 1Description of the studies included in the review: the relationship between. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and antioxi dant vitamins NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Vit.: vitamin
Quadro 1 Descrição dos estudos incluídos na revisão: relação entre doença hepática gordurosa não alcoólica e Vit.s antioxidantes DHGNA: doença hepática gordurosa não alcoólica; Vit.: Vitamina