Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis

McPherson, Stuart; Hardy, Timothy; Dufour, Jean‐François; Petta, Salvatore; Romero‐Gómez, Manuel; Allison, Mike; P. Oliveira, Cláudia; Francque, Sven; Van Gaal, Luc; M. Schattenberg, Jörn; Tiniakos, Dina; D. Burt, Alastair; Bugianesi, Elisabetta; Ratziu, Vlad; P. Day, Christopher; M. Anstee, Quentin

doi:10.1038/ajg.2016.453

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Age as a Confounding Factor for the Accurate Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Advanced NAFLD Fibrosis

Published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology • Oct 11, 2016

Authors:

Stuart McPherson

Timothy Hardy

Jean‐François Dufour

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Non-invasive fibrosis scores are widely used to identify/exclude advanced fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, these scores were principally developed and validated in patients aged between 35 and 65 years of age. The objective of this study was t...

Subject

Medicine

Internal medicine

Fibrosis

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