Prevalence of fatty liver and advanced fibrosis by ultrasonography and FibroScan in a general population random sample.

Yuko NagaokiAya SugiyamaMegumi MinoHiroomi KodamaKanon AbeHirohito ImadaSerge OuobaBunthen EKo KoTomoyuki AkitaToru SakoTakashi KumadaKazuaki ChayamaJunko Tanaka

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2022)

In the general population, 62.1% had fatty liver, and NAFLD prevalence was twice as high as previously reported. Screening that is noninvasive, low-cost, and does not require special techniques or equipment is needed to detect advanced liver fibrosis.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
low cost
risk factors
magnetic resonance imaging
fatty acid
contrast enhanced