在患有肥胖的青少年中,用于识别代谢功能障碍相关的肥胖性肝病 (MASLD) 的内脏肥胖,人体测量和肝功能指数:哪一个表现更好?

Lara Mari1,2, Stefano Lazzer1,2, Alessandro Gatti3,4

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.

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概括

腰与身高的比率 (WHtR) 最好识别肥胖青少年的代谢功能障碍相关脂肪性肝病 (MASLD). 脂肪肝健康评分 (HSI) 最好预测MASLD,而ALT和AST肝酶与疾病严重程度有很强的相关性.

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