Prediction of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using liver fat indices in a resource-limited clinical setting
KKDSD Kannangara, WAC Karunarathne, NRP Perera, Uditha Bulugahapitiya, JMKB Jayasekara, Nimantha Karunathilaka · 2026
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K. K. D. S. D. Kannangara and five colleagues tested cheap blood-based scores as stand-ins for scans to find fatty liver in people with type 2 diabetes. Fatty liver is common in this group and shares roots with insulin problems, yet scans are scarce in low-resource clinics. Their study covered 260 newly diagnosed patients who all had a liver ultrasound.
Nearly seven in ten patients had fatty liver on scan. Five scores built from weight, waist, and blood tests were compared with the scan results. One score, the Fatty Liver Index, matched the scan best by a wide margin, with two more scores close behind. The other two scores did only fairly. The best scores also stood alone as predictors in adjusted models.
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| CREATOR | KKDSD Kannangara, WAC Karunarathne, NRP Perera, Uditha Bulugahapitiya, JMKB Jayasekara, Nimantha Karunathilaka |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |