Performance of liver stiffness measurements obtained with FibroScan is affected by glucose metabolism in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Xinyu YangXinxia ChangShengdi WuXiaoyang SunXiaopeng ZhuLiu WangYushan XuXiuzhong YaoShengxiang RaoXiqi HuMingfeng XiaHua BianHongmei YanXin GaoPublished in: Lipids in health and disease (2021)
FibroScan was valuable for the evaluation of liver fibrosis in NAFLD patients with abnormal glucose metabolism. FibroScan is recommended to evaluate severe fibrosis, especially to exclude advanced fibrosis. Glucose metabolism state may affect LSM values.
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