Systematic review and meta-analysis: non-invasive detection of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease related fibrosis in the obese.

Geraldine J OoiS MgaiethG D EslickP R BurtonW W KempS K RobertsW A Brown

Published in: Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2017)

In obese subjects, complex biomarker panels and elastography have been reasonable to good accuracy for NAFLD-related fibrosis; however, these methods have not been well validated. Further study in this high-risk population is needed.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
loop mediated isothermal amplification
drug induced
quantum dots