The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)-related advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis in the United States population utilizing AGILE 3 + and AGILE 4 scores: analysis of the NHANES 2017–2018 cycle

Abstract Background Studies attempted to estimate MASLD-related advanced fibrosis (AF) and cirrhosis (MC) prevalence utilized tests with low positive predictive value (PPV) which overestimates prevalence. AGILE3 + and 4 scores were developed to increase the PPV of both; respectively. In this study,...

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Published in:BMC Gastroenterology
Main Authors: Naim Alkhouri, Ashraf Almomani, Phuc Le, Julia Y. Payne, Imad Asaad, Prido Polanco, Phillip Leff, Prabhat Kumar, Mazen Noureddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-07-01
Subjects:
MASLD
AGILE
Elastography
Cirrhosis
Advanced fibrosis
NHANES
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-024-03295-8

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