Usefulness of the Fibrosis-3 index in patients with hepatitis C
The FIB-3 index proved useful for predicting liver fibrosis and prognosis in patients with hepatitis C, with performance comparable to that of the FIB-4 index. Moreover, its ability to use a single cutoff value across age-groups may offer a clinical advantage.
Authors
- Takashi Kumada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5871-3802)
- Kazuya Kariyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3996-7502)
- Hidenori Toyoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1652-6168)
- Kazuhiro Nouso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2018-0008)
- Satoshi Yasuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4323-7422)
- Shohei Shiota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3104-385X)
- Akiko Wakuta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6178-6769)
Institutions
- Ogaki Municipal Hospital (JP)
- Gifu Kyoritsu University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Medicine and Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ms9.0000000000003851
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00