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A Sequential Algorithm Combining ADAPT and Liver Stiffness Can Stage Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Hospital-Based and Primary Care Patients

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INTRODUCTION: Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease is common, with fibrosis the major determinant of adverse outcomes. Population-based screening tools with high diagnostic accuracy for the staging of fibrosis are lacking. METHODS: Three independent cohorts, 2 with both liver biopsy and liver stiffness measurements (LSMs, n = 254 and 65) and a population sample (n = 713), were studied. The performance of a recently developed noninvasive algorithm (ADAPT [age, diabetes, PRO-C3 and platelets panel]) as well as aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index, fibrosis-4, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score, and LSM was used to stage patients for significant (≥F2) and advanced (≥F3) fibrosis. RESULTS: In the hospital-based cohorts, the N-terminal propeptide of type 3 collagen (Pro-C3) increased with fibrosis stage (P < 0.0001) and independently associated with advanced fibrosis (odds ratio = 1.091, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.053-1.113, P = 0.0001). ADAPT showed areas under the receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.831 (95% CI: 0.779-0.875) in the derivation and 0.879 (95% CI: 0.774-0.946) in the validation cohort for advanced fibrosis. This was superior to the existing fibrosis scores, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index, fibrosis-4, BARD (BMI, aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio [AAR], diabetes), and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease fibrosis score in most comparisons and comparable with LSM. Serial use of ADAPT and LSM had diagnostic accuracy of 92.5%, with 98% and 100% negative predictive value in the derivation and validation cohorts, respectively. In the population cohort, PRO-C3 associated with advanced fibrosis (P = 0.04), while ADAPT had a negative predictive value of 98% for excluding advanced fibrosis. DISCUSSION: PRO-C3 and ADAPT reliably exclude advanced fibrosis in low-risk populations. The serial combination of ADAPT with LSM has high diagnostic accuracy with a low requirement for liver biopsy. The proposed algorithm would help stratify those who need biopsies and narrow down those patients who would need to be referred to specialty clinics.

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  1. Vilar-Gomez, 2018, Fibrosis severity as a determinant of cause-specific mortality in patients with advanced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Gastroenterology, 155, 443, 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.04.034 · DOI · Paper page

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Authors
Eslam, M., Wong, G. L.-H., Hashem, A. M., Chan, H. L.-Y., Nielsen, M. J., Leeming, D. J., Chan, A. W.-H., Chen, Y., Duffin, K. L., Karsdal, M., Schattenberg, J. M., George, J., & Wong, V. W.-S.
Affiliations
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Minia University (EG)
  • Nordic Bioscience (Denmark) (DK)
  • Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Wong, Grace Lai-Hung
  • George, Jacob
  • Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun
Venue
American Journal of Gastroenterology
Published
2020-11-26
Volume
116
Issue
5
Pages
984-993
ISSN
  • 0002-9270 (ISSN-L)
  • 1572-0241
OpenAlex
W3107442854
Cited by
53
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10
FWCI
4.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease and Transplantation
Keywords
metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis staging, liver stiffness measurement, noninvasive fibrosis assessment, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index, BARD score, primary care screening, hospitalized patients
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Algorithms, Aspartate Aminotransferases, Biopsy, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Platelet Count, Predictive Value of Tests, Biomarkers, Collagen Type III, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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