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High liver stiffness values by transient elastography related to metabolic syndrome and harmful alcohol use in a large Spanish cohort.

Elba LlopPaula IruzubietaChristie PerellóCarlos Fernández CarrilloJoaquin CabezasMaría Desamparados EscuderoMarta GonzálezMarta Hernández CondeLaura PuchadesMaría Teresa Arias-LosteMiguel Ángel SerraJavier CrespoJose Luis Calleja
Published in: United European gastroenterology journal (2021)
We found high proportion of significant fibrosis and cACLD measured by TE. The most relevant factor associated with significant fibrosis was metabolic syndrome, however TE is still an imperfect method since it overestimated the fibrosis stage in 50% of the histologically analyzed subjects.
Keyphrases
  • metabolic syndrome
  • liver fibrosis
  • insulin resistance
  • uric acid
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage