Research ArticlePresence and severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a large prospective primary care cohort
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Keywords
Primary care
Non-alcoholic fatty liver
Fibrosis
Liver function test
Abbreviations
(A)LFT
(abnormal) liver function tests
UHB
University Hospital Birmingham
PCP
primary care practitioner
UK
United Kingdom
NAFLD
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
HCC
hepatocellular carcinoma
BALLETS
Birmingham and Lambeth Liver Evaluation Testing Strategies
USS
ultrasound
ALT
alanine aminotransferase
AST
aspartate aminotransferase
ALP
alkaline phosphatase
GGT
gamma-glutamyl transferase
A1AD
alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
HBV
viral hepatitis B
HCV
viral hepatitis C
AIH
autoimmune hepatitis
PSC
primary sclerosing cholangitis
PBC
primary biliary cirrhosis
BMI
body mass index
NFS
NAFLD Fibrosis Score
IFG
impaired fasting glucose
NPV
negative predictive value
PPV
positive predictive value
MW
Mann, Whitney U test
IQR
interquartile range
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