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

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The NFS and FIB-4 scores have similar accuracy for advanced fibrosis in patients aged >35 years, however, the specificity forAdvanced fibrosis is unacceptably low in patients ages aged ≥65 years, resulting in a high false positive rate.
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This article is published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2017-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 463 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Confounding.

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Predictors of advanced fibrosis in non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Germany

TL;DR: Advanced fibrosis has been established as the most important predictor of overall mortality in patients with non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but in contrast to cirrhosis, advanced, non‐cirrhotic NAFLD is difficult to identify and data from Germany are lacking.
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Significant burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with advanced fibrosis in the US: a cross-sectional analysis of 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

TL;DR: The epidemiology of NAFLD, with specific focus on individuals with hepatic fibrosis, is important to guide healthcare resource planning.
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Alcoholic Liver Disease Epidemiology in the United States: A Retrospective Analysis of 3 US Databases.

TL;DR: Significant observations of increasing ALD severity emphasize the urgent need for greater awareness about the consequences of unhealthy alcohol use and interventions aimed specifically at addressing alcohol use disorders.
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Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus

Vittorio Basevi
- 06 Feb 2011 - 
TL;DR: The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dys-function, and failure of differentorgans, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels.
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Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: Impact of ethnicity

TL;DR: The prevalence of hepatic steatosis was greater in men than women among whites, but not in blacks or Hispanics, and significant ethnic and sex differences in the prevalence may have a profound impact on susceptibility to Steatosis‐related liver disease.
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