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ArticleScientific reports2025

Development and validation of a scoring system to predict MASLD patients with significant hepatic fibrosis.

Linjing Long, Yue Wu, Huijun Tang, Yanhua Xiao, Min Wang, Lianli Shen, Ying Shi, Shufen Feng, Chujing Li, Jiaheng Lin and 2 more

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Linjing Long *Department of Gastroenterology, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510700, People's Republic of China.
Yue Wu *Department of Hepatology, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510440, People's Republic of China.
Huijun Tang *Department of Gastroenterology, Shenzhen Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, 518104, People's Republic of China.
Yanhua Xiao *Department of Pathology, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510440, People's Republic of China.
Min WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Lianli ShenDepartment of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Ying ShiDepartment of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Shufen FengDepartment of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Chujing LiDepartment of Hepatology, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510440, People's Republic of China.
Jiaheng LinDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, He Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510700, People's Republic of China.
Shaohui TangDepartment of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. tangshaohui206@jnu.edu.cn.
Chutian WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, 510700, People's Republic of China. wuct@gzhmu.edu.cn.

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Abstract

To address the need for a simple model to predict ≥ F2 fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) patients, a study utilized data from 791 biopsy-proven MASLD patients from the NASH Clinical Research Network and Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital. The data were divided into training and internal testing sets through randomized stratified sampling. A multivariable logistic regression model using key categorical variables was developed to identify ≥ F2 fibrosis. External validation was performed using data from the FLINT trial and multiple centers in China. The DA-GAG score, incorporating diabetes, age, GGT, aspartate aminotransferase/ platelet ratio, and globulin/ total protein ratio, demonstrated superior performance in distinguishing ≥ F2 fibrosis with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.79 in training and over 0.80 in testing datasets. The DA-GAG score efficiently identifies MASLD patients with ≥ F2 fibrosis, significantly reducing the medical burden.

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Fatty LiverLiver CirrhosisNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAdultAspartate AminotransferasesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedROC CurveSeverity of Illness IndexAspartate AminotransferasesDA-GAGFibrosisMASLDPrediction

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