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Mamani, K., Diaz, A. (2022). Eficacia y seguridad de los probióticos en el tratamiento del hígado graso no alcohólico en población pediátrica: revisión sistemática [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/660597
Mamani, K., Diaz, A. Eficacia y seguridad de los probióticos en el tratamiento del hígado graso no alcohólico en población pediátrica: revisión sistemática [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/660597
@misc{renati/400074,
title = "Eficacia y seguridad de los probióticos en el tratamiento del hígado graso no alcohólico en población pediátrica: revisión sistemática",
author = "Diaz Alfaro, Augusto Aitor",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2022"
}
Objective: To synthesize the primary evidence on the efficacy and safety of the use of probiotics in the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the pediatric population. Materials and Methods: We carried out a systematic review of randomized clinical trials in PubMed, Cochrane, SCOPUS, WOS, CENTRAL, EMBASE-OVID, World Health Organization (WHO), United States (US), and European Union (EU) clinical trial registry portals. We searched for gray literature in Open Grey. The primary outcomes assessed were liver echogenicity by ultrasound imaging and changes in laboratory levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Secondary outcomes were changes in body mass index (BMI), cholesterol low-density lipoprotein (c-LDL), high-density lipoprotein (c-HDL) and triglycerides, and reported adverse effects. We assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration ® ad hoc tool. Results: We included six studies. One of them had an unclear risk of detection bias, one had an unclear risk of attrition bias and five had an unclear risk of reporting bias. The sample size range was between 20 to 106 participants. Four studies compared probiotics versus placebo plus healthy lifestyles, another study compared probiotics versus placebo and the remaining one compared four groups: probiotics, lifestyle, lifestyle plus probiotics and placebo. Three trials found ultrasound improvement after probiotics treatment (12 to 16 weeks). Three studies reported amelioration in liver inflammation markers (AST and ALT) with the use of probiotics. Four studies shown a decrease in BMI after probiotic treatment. Two trials reported a decrease in LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride; and one trial reported an increase in HDL-cholesterol values after probiotic treatment. In addition, three studies indicated that there were no adverse events during follow-up. We did not perform meta-analysis due to the clinical and methodological heterogeneity. Conclusions: The primary evidence on the efficacy and safety of the use of probiotics in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in pediatric population is scarce and heterogeneous. Some trials show improvement in ultrasound, laboratory, and anthropometric outcomes. No study reports serious adverse events. Better designed clinical trials with larger sample size and longer follow-up time are suggested.
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