根据脂肪肝指数或超声学定义的MAFLD对功能下降在一般人群中的影响

Yu-Ji Lee1, Kwang Min Kim2, Nak Gyeong Ko3

  • 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 158, Paryong-ro, Masanhoewon-gu, Changwon, 51353, Republic of Korea. yuji.lee@samsung.com.

Scientific reports
|September 11, 2024
PubMed
概括

通过脂肪肝指数 (FLI) 识别的代谢功能障碍相关的脂肪肝疾病 (MAFLD) 显著加快了功能下降. 超声波定义的MAFLD与功能减弱的关联较弱.

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