Liver: risk checks and calculators
Scores for fatty liver and liver scarring (fibrosis) that use routine blood tests and body measures, plus hepatitis screening and clinician scores for advanced liver disease.
FIB-4 calculator
Liver scarring risk from age, AST, ALT and platelets.
Fatty liver index (FLI)
Chance of fatty liver from BMI, waist, triglycerides and GGT.
NAFLD fibrosis score
Liver scarring score for fatty liver disease.
APRI
AST to platelet ratio index for liver scarring.
AST/ALT ratio
The De Ritis ratio from two common liver enzymes.
Hepatic steatosis index (HSI)
Fatty liver index from ALT, AST, BMI, sex and diabetes.
BARD score
Three-item liver scarring score for fatty liver disease.
Lipid accumulation product (LAP)
Waist size and triglycerides combined into one index.
Hepatitis C screening
One-time testing for adults 18 to 79.
Hepatitis B screening
Who should be tested for hepatitis B.
MELD score
MELD, MELD-Na and MELD 3.0 for end-stage liver disease.
Child-Pugh score
Cirrhosis severity, class A, B or C.
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