Japanese researchers reveal an association between elevated FIB-4 index 24 weeks after the initiation of nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in ...

The Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, computed from age, aspartate aminotrasfertase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, and platelet count, was originally developed in 832 pa ...

Fatty liver disease is when too much fat builds up in the liver. The liver is the body's filter. It helps clean the blood, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed 10.3% of veterans had a FIB-4 score greater than 2.67 and 5.3% had a score greater than 3.25. A ...

Reliance on FIB-4 screening tool alone may not identify some patients with significant fib ...

FIB-4 index shows limited accuracy for individual MASLD patients. Learn more about its role and challenges in liver fibrosis ...

A new risk score for HCC risk in non-viral hepatitis or cirrhosis patients improves detection by 22.9%. The model uses FIB-4, age, sex, race, BMI, diabetes, smoking, and alcohol use for risk ...

Introduction: The Fibrosis‑4 (FIB‑4) index, a widely used noninvasive marker of hepatic fibrosis, shows prognostic value beyond hepatology, yet its broader systemic and health care implications remain ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth-most common cancer worldwide and the third-most common cause of all cancer deaths in 2020. Rates are highest in Asia and Africa, but have doubled in the United ...