Noninvasive assessment of paediatric hepatic steatosis by using attenuation imaging.

"Declarations GuarantorThe scientific guarantor of this publication is Ky Young Cho. Conflict of interestThe authors declare no financial or other competing interests. Statistics and biometryOne of the authors, Ky Young CHO, Ph.D., M.D., has significant statistical expertise. Informed consentWritten informed consent was obtained from all the participants and their parents on behalf of any participants under the age of 18 years old prior to the start of the study. Ethics approvalThis study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital Institutional Review Board under IRB No. 2022–05-005. Methodology• prospective• case-control study• performed at one institution Conflict of interest The authors declare no financial or other competing interests."

"Funding The research described in this publication was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) (NRF-2021R1F1A1058240). The funding bodies had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data or writing of the manuscript."

"• Attenuation imaging values were significantly higher in the OW/OB and steatosis groups than in the normal weight and no steatosis groups, respectively, with a meaningful correlation with known clinical indicators of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease."