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Table 3 Scoring systems for estimative of steatosis or fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

From: NAFLD as a continuum: from obesity to metabolic syndrome and diabetes

Components

Steatosis

Fibrosis

Fatty liver index

NAFLD liver fat score

Hepatic steatosis index

BARD score

APRI

FIB-4 index

NFS

Age

     

X

X

Sex

      

X

BMI

X

X

X

X

  

X

Glycemia (or T2D diagnosis)

 

X

X

X

  

X

Platelet count

    

X

X

X

Albumin

      

X

AST

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

ALT

 

X

X

X

 

X

X

GGT

X

      

Triglycerides

X

      

WC

X

      

MetS and insulin

 

X

     
  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, APRI aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BARD body mass index, AST-to-ALT ratio, diabetes, BMI body mass index, FIB-4 Fibrosis-4 index, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, MetS metabolic syndrome, NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NFS NAFLD Fibrosis score, T2D type 2 diabetes, WC waist circumference