Abstract:
:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease. Quantitative ultrasound facilitates clinical grading of hepatic steatosis (the early stage of NAFLD). However, the utility of quantitative ultrasound as a first-line method for community screening of hepatic steatosis remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the utility of quantitative ultrasound to screen for hepatic steatosis and for metabolic evaluation at the community level. In total, 278 participants enrolled from a community satisfied the study criteria. Each subject underwent anthropometric and biochemical examinations, and abdominal ultrasound imaging was performed to measure the controlled attenuation (CAP), integrated backscatter (IB), and information Shannon entropy (ISE). The assessment outcomes were compared with the fatty liver index (FLI), hepatic steatosis index (HSI), metabolic syndrome (MetS), and insulin resistance to evaluate the screening performance through the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) and Delong's test. Ultrasound ISE, CAP, and IB were effective in screening hepatic steatosis, MetS, and insulin resistance. In screening for hepatic steatosis, the AUROCs of ISE, CAP, and IB were 0.85, 0.83, and 0.80 (the cutoff FLI = 60), respectively, and 0.84, 0.75, 0.77 (the cutoff HSI = 36), respectively, and those for the evaluation of MetS and insulin resistance were 0.79, 0.75, 0.79, respectively, and 0.83, 0.76, 0.78, respectively. Delong's test revealed that ISE outperformed CAP and IB for the detection of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance (P < .05). Based on the present results, ultrasound ISE is a potential imaging biomarker during first-line community screening of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance.
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Chang TY,Chang SH,Lin YH,Ho WC,Wang CY,Jeng WJ,Wan YL,Tsui PHdoi
10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106329subject
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2021-03-01 00:00:00pages
106329eissn
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S0041-624X(20)30261-4journal_volume
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