Can clinical and laboratory variables predict advanced fibrosis and NASH in adults with NAFLD?
Clinical and laboratory variables are useful for predicting advanced fibrosis in NAFLD, but insufficient for reliably predicting NASH severity.
Readily available clinical and laboratory variables can predict advanced fibrosis in adults with NAFLD, but additional information is needed to reliably predict the presence and severity of NASH. Prospective studies of this well-characterized population and associated tissue bank samples offer a unique opportunity to better understand the cause and natural history of NAFLD and develop more precise means for noninvasive diagnosis.
Neuschwander‐Tetri et al. (Wed,) studied this question.