Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the risk of fibrosis in Italian primary care services: GPS-NAFLD Study: GPS-NAFLD Study.
Luca MieleIgnazio GrattaglianoFrancesco LapiMarianxhela DajkoAntonio De MagistrisAntonio LiguoriNicoletta De MatthaeisAlessandro RossiAntonio GasbarriniClaudio CricelliAntonio GriecoPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2022)
Even if there is an identification gap in primary care, recorded cases with NAFLD have a high frequency of associated comorbidities. Despite regional variability, a close relation between cirrhosis and NAFLD exists (OR: 3.48, 95% CI: 3.23-3.76). Therefore, the use of non-invasive tests should be promoted in primary care as a useful tool for the early identification of fibrosis risk, independently of evidence of steatosis.