Dyslipidemia and hyperinsulinemia in children and adolescents with chronic liver disease: relation to disease severity.

Background: Lipid metabolism is profoundly disturbed in chronic liver diseases (CLD). Moreover, patients with cirrhosis displayed chronically elevated serum insulin (SI) concentrations.

Objectives: The aim of this work was to assess fasting lipid profile (FLP) and SI levels among Egyptian patients with CLD and their relation to severity of liver disease.