Comparison of the diagnostic performance of twelve noninvasive scores of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The absence of distinct symptoms in the majority of individuals with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) poses challenges in identifying those at high risk, so we need simple, efficient and cost-effective noninvasive scores to aid healthcare professionals in patient identification. While most noninvasive scores were developed for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), consequently, the objective of this study was to systematically assess the diagnostic ability of 12 noninvasive scores (METS-IR/TyG/TyG-WC/TyG-BMI/TyG-WtHR/VAI/HSI/FLI/ZJU/FSI/K-NAFLD) for MAFLD.

Methods

The study recruited eligible participants from two sources: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2020.3 cycle and the databa

SUBMITTER: Zou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481547 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature