HbA1c of 5.8% or higher as the most useful indicator for recommendation of ultrasonography to detect nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Miwa TatsutaMasafumi OnoShungo KimuraKaori ZuigyoYudai SatoAkemi TomidaMitsuyoshi KobayashiRitsuko YoshikawaSatoshi MuraoJoji TaniAsahiro MorishitaHideki KobaraTakashi HimotoTsuyoshi MaetaYoshihiro MoriFumikazu KohiTsutomu MasakiPublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2023)
NAFLD was most strongly associated with DM, among the various components of metabolic syndrome. We strongly recommend abdominal ultrasonography to detect NAFLD in patients with an HbA1c of ≥5.8% in general practice and during health checkups.