Metabolic syndrome and severity of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: An age-dependent risk profiling study.
Salvatore PettaMohammed EslamLuca Vittorio ValentiElisabetta BugianesiMarco BarbaraCalogero CammàMarianna PorzioChiara RossoSilvia FargionJacob GeorgeAntonio CraxìPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)
Among patients with NAFLD, the metabolic profiles associated with risk for severe fibrosis varied among age groups. Low HDL, obesity and IFG/diabetes were prevalent among patients in the lower and middle age tertiles. HDL and IFG/diabetes but not visceral obesity were prevalent among those in the highest age tertile.