Prevalence of High-risk Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in the United States: Results from NHANES 2017-2018

The population prevalence of high-risk non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), defined as NAFLD activity score ≥4 and fibrosis stage ≥2, is unknown. FAST score, calculated using LSM and CAP values from FibroScan® and AST levels, is a validated algorithm to identify individuals with high-risk NASH. We estimated the prevalence of high-risk NASH using the FAST score in the U.S. population.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - December 24, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Eduardo Vilar-Gomez, Raj Vuppalanchi, Andrea Mladenovic, Niharika Samala, Samer Gawrieh, Phil N. Newsome, Naga Chalasani Source Type: research