Validation study of age-independent fibrosis score (Fibrosis-3 index) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

Kazuhiro Nouso Miwa Kawanaka Hideki Fujii Kazuya Kariyama Hidenori Toyoda Michihiro Iwaki Hideki Hayashi Satoshi Oeda Hideyuki Hyogo Akihiro Morishita Kensuke Munekage Kazuhito Kawata Tsubasa Tsutsumi Koji Sawada Tatsuji Maeshiro Hiroshi Tobita Yuichi YoshidaMasafumi NaitoAsuka Araki Shingo Arakaki Takumi Kawaguchi Hidenao Noritake Masafumi Ono Tsutomu Masaki Satoshi Yasuda Eiichi Tomita Masato YonedaAkihiro TokushigeYoshihiro Kamada Hirokazu Takahashi Shinichiro Ueda Shinichi Aishima Yoshio Sumida Hirokazu Takahashi Takashi Kumada Takeshi Okanouenull null

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2024)

The high ability of the FIB-3 index with a single cut-off to predict liver fibrosis in patients with MASLD was confirmed. The FIB-3 index could serve as a useful tool for assessing liver fibrosis regardless of age.

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