Waist Circumference and Insulin Resistance Are the Most Predictive Metabolic Factors for Steatosis and Fibrosis

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul;21(7):1950-1954.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.05.021. Epub 2022 Jun 6.

Authors

Kajal Claypool¹, Michelle T Long², Chirag J Patel³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Biological and Chemical Technologies Group, Lexington, Massachusetts.
² Section of Gastroenterology, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: chirag_patel@hms.harvard.edu.

PMID: 35671890
PMCID: PMC9722977 (available on 2024-07-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.05.021

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Fatty Liver*
Fibrosis
Humans
Insulin Resistance*
Metabolic Syndrome*
Risk Factors
Waist Circumference

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