Poor Sensitivity of the Fatty Liver Index Among Lean Individuals
With its inherent dependence on body-size measures, FLI does not identify lean SLD accurately. Moreover, applying FLI to lean individuals overestimates disease severity. The misclassification and misrepresentation biases imply that FLI should not be used in population-based studies of lean SLD.
Authors
- Yaron Rotman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-8216)
- Mohammed Rifat Shaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3163-5714)
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003883
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00