Non-alcoholic steatofibrosis (NASF) can independently predict mortality in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) (original) (raw)

Abstract

Hepatic fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) independently predicts mortality. Given liver biopsy's invasive nature, non-invasive method to assess hepatic steatosis and fibrosis provides NAFLD risk stratification algorithm in clinical practice. NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) is simple and non-invasive predictive model recommended by American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) Guideline to identify patients with NAFLD with fibrosis risk. The aim of this study is to assess long-term outcomes of subjects with significant non-alcoholic steatofibrosis (NASF) as established by ultrasound (US) and NFS. Used National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) with National Death Index-linked Mortality Files. NAFLD diagnosis established by the presence of moderate to severe hepatic steatosis on US without other causes of chronic liver disease (alcohol consumption <20 gr/day, hepatitis B surface-antigen negative, anti-hepatitis C vir...

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