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

Age Impacts Ability of Aspartate–Alanine Aminotransferase Ratio to Predict Advanced Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

(2015) George Boon-Bee Goh et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Liver Fibrosis, but No Other Histologic Features, Is Associated With Long-term Outcomes of Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

(2015) Paul Angulo et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Presence of diabetes mellitus and steatosis is associated with liver stiffness in a general population: The Rotterdam study

(2015) Edith M. Koehler et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Fibrosis stage is the strongest predictor for disease-specific mortality in NAFLD after up to 33 years of follow-up

(2015) Mattias Ekstedt et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Evidence of NAFLD progression from steatosis to fibrosing-steatohepatitis using paired biopsies: Implications for prognosis and clinical management

(2015) Stuart McPherson et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

ELF score ≥9.8 indicates advanced hepatic fibrosis and is influenced by age, steatosis and histological activity

(2015) Kevin J. Fagan et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Diagnosis and Assessment of NAFLD: Definitions and Histopathological Classification

(2015) Carolin Lackner et al.   SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE

Pathological Features of Fatty Liver Disease

(2014) Matthew M. Yeh et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Platelet count and aging

(2014) C. L. Balduini et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

Serum immunoglobulin levels predict fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

(2014) Stuart McPherson et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Addressing liver disease in the UK: a blueprint for attaining excellence in health care and reducing premature mortality from lifestyle issues of excess consumption of alcohol, obesity, and viral hepatitis

(2014) Roger Williams et al.   LANCET

The combination of liver stiffness measurement and NAFLD fibrosis score improves the noninvasive diagnostic accuracy for severe liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

(2014) Salvatore Petta et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Are simple noninvasive scoring systems for fibrosis reliable in patients with NAFLD and normal ALT levels?

(2013) Stuart McPherson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Clinical and histological determinants of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and advanced fibrosis in elderly patients

(2013) Mazen Noureddin et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Stepwise Combination of Simple Noninvasive Fibrosis Scoring Systems Increases Diagnostic Accuracy in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

(2013) Münevver Demir et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: non-invasive investigation and risk stratification

(2013) J K Dyson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

A systematic review of follow-up biopsies reveals disease progression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver

(2013) Raluca Pais et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Progression of NAFLD to diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease or cirrhosis

(2013) Quentin M. Anstee et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Noninvasive Assessment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese or Overweight Patients

(2012) Sven M.A. Francque et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association

(2012) Naga Chalasani et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Quantifying hepatic steatosis - more than meets the eye

(2012) Adam P Levene et al.   HISTOPATHOLOGY

Suboptimal performance of simple noninvasive tests for advanced fibrosis in Chinese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

(2012) Yun Hao Xun et al.   Journal of Digestive Diseases

Non-invasive diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. A critical appraisal

(2012) Mariana V. Machado et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Serum Levels of Alanine Aminotransferase Decrease With Age in Longitudinal Analysis

(2011) Mamie H. Dong et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis: An international collaborative study

(2011) Neeraj Bhala et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Complex non-invasive fibrosis models are more accurate than simple models in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

(2011) Leon A Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

Increasing hepatic arteriole wall thickness and decreased luminal diameter occur with increasing age in normal livers

(2011) M. Isabel Fiel et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Discordance in fibrosis staging between liver biopsy and transient elastography using the FibroScan XL probe

(2011) Robert P. Myers et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Disease progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study with paired liver biopsies at 3 years

(2010) V. W.-S. Wong et al.   GUT

Simple non-invasive fibrosis scoring systems can reliably exclude advanced fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

(2010) S. McPherson et al.   GUT

A position statement on NAFLD/NASH based on the EASL 2009 special conference

(2010) Vlad Ratziu et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Alanine Aminotransferase Decreases with Age: The Rancho Bernardo Study

(2010) Mamie H. Dong et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of Noninvasive Markers of Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

(2009) Amy G. Shah et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Diagnosis of fibrosis and cirrhosis using liver stiffness measurement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

(2009) Vincent Wai-Sun Wong et al.   HEPATOLOGY