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It also sought to assess how novel cardiovascular risk markers are affected in obese pediatric patients with NAFLD. Materials and Methods: Between November 2024 and May 2025, a total of 199 pediatric patients were prospectively evaluated, including 150 children with obesity and 49 entirely healthy controls. Two categories of obese patients were created based on whether or not they had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. These groups were compared with each other and with the control group in terms of HOMA-IR score, index of TyG, ratio of TG\/HDL-C, anthropometric parameters (percentage of body fat [BFP], index of body mass [BMI], body fat mass [BFM], waist circumference [WC]), and cardiovascular risk markers. The cutoff values, sensitivity, and specificity of the HOMA-IR score, ratio of TG\/HDL-C, anthropometric measurements, and index of TyG in predicting NAFLD were assessed using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis. Results: Obese kids and juveniles with NAFLD had significantly higher TG\/HDL-C ratios, TyG indices, HOMA-IR scores, anthropometric measurements, and cardiovascular risk markers than those without NAFLD (p &lt; 0.001). The TG\/HDL-C ratio (AUC: 0.936; 81.8% sensitivity, 95.9% specificity) and the TyG index (AUC: 0.912; 81.8% sensitivity, 91.8% specificity) showed strong predictive value for NAFLD, while HOMA-IR and WC were found to be relatively weaker predictors. Conclusions: The index of TyG and ratio of TG\/HDL-C are highly effective parameters in predicting NAFLD development in obese kids and juveniles. Those with increased WC and BFP should be closely monitored for NAFLD development. Pediatric patients with NAFLD should be carefully followed up for potential cardiovascular diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children12111439","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]],"date-time":"2025-10-24T02:34:45Z","timestamp":1761273285000},"page":"1439","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Predictive Role of the Triglyceride\/High-Density Lipoprotein Ratio and the Triglyceride\u2013Glucose Index, Along with Anthropometric Measurements, in Diagnosing Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Kids and Juveniles, and the Evaluation of Novel Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Pediatric NAFLD"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Emrah","family":"\u00c7\u0131\u011fr\u0131","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3974-7577","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Funda","family":"\u00c7atan \u0130nan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, 11230 Bilecik, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sedat","family":"G\u00fclten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mehmet Akif","family":"Bildirici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ay\u015fe Ece","family":"G\u00f6kkaya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Metin","family":"As\u0131leren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mustafa","family":"Koyun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiological, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bahad\u0131r","family":"Reis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiological, Faculty of Medicine, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Merve","family":"Esen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition and Dietetics, Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital, Kastamonu University, 37150 Kastamonu, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"319","DOI":"10.1097\/MPG.0000000000001482","article-title":"NASPGHAN Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children","volume":"64","author":"Vos","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. 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