Performance of Noninvasive Liver Fibrosis Tests in Morbidly Obese Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Saleh A AlqahtaniPegah GolabiJames M PaikBrian LamAmir H MoazezHazem A ElarinyZachary GoodmanZobair M Younossi

Published in: Obesity surgery (2021)

NFS, FIB-4, and APRI fall short to detect advanced fibrosis but valuable for excluding advanced fibrosis. More research is needed to develop new NITs with high positive predictive value.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
obese patients
bariatric surgery
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes