Correlating neighborhood-level deprivation and pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to further explore associations between social influencers of health and markers of disease severity at the time of presentation of patients with pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) using neighborhood-level Area Deprivation Index (ADI) scores.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 344 pediatric MASLD patients. Each patient received an ADI score based on their 9-digit zip code.