Noninvasive methods of diagnosis of steatosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Abstract

The aim of the research: to study the diagnostic capabilities of non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis in patients with NAFLD. Materials and methods : the study included 240 male patients aged 21 to 54 years (mean age 41,1 ± 8,1 years), 172 of them with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, 68 without this pathology. All performed measurement of anthropometric parameters, biochemical study of blood serum, ultrasound examination of the hepatobiliary zone, calculation of diagnostic indices of steatosis (FLI and HSI), non-invasive determination of the degree of steatosis on the device FibroScan with function CAP. Results : the CAP values of the FibroScan apparatus, as well as indicators of predictive steatosis indices signifi cantly (p<0,05) diff ered in the study groups; the quality of diagnostic models, estimated by the AUROC index, in the steatosis indices FLI and HIS was recognized as excellent, in the CAP values of the FibroScan apparatus as very good.