MRI-determined liver fat correlates with risk of metabolic syndrome in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Background and aim: Little is known about that the relationship between hepatic fat content (HFC) and metabolic syndrome (MetS). We aimed to determine whether HFC correlated with MetS in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods: HFC was measured by MRI-determined proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF) for 131 suspected NAFLD subjects. Patients with NAFLD defined as MRI-PDFF ≥5% were stratified into two groups based on whether they were above or below the median MRI-PDFF value; the MRI-PDFF value for the control group was
Source: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Articles: Hepatology Source Type: research