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World J Hepatol. Jul 27, 2026; 18(7): 122926
Published online Jul 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.122926
Published online Jul 27, 2026. doi: 10.4254/wjh.122926
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of metabolic associated steatotic liver disease
| Characteristics | Total (n = 922) | 5-year CKD (n = 66) | Non-CKD (n = 856) | P value |
| Age (years) | 54.5 (44.0, 62.0) | 65.5 (57.0, 70.0) | 54.0 (44.0, 61.0) | < 0.001 |
| Male | 447 (48.5) | 32 (48.5) | 415 (48.5) | 1.000 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.4 (24.0, 29.4) | 26.6 (24.2, 30.0) | 26.3 (24.0, 29.3) | 0.374 |
| Obesity | 763 (82.8) | 56 (84.9) | 707 (82.6) | 0.640 |
| Hypertension | 518 (57.2) | 48 (72.7) | 470 (56.0) | 0.008 |
| Diabetes | 248 (31.3) | 23 (37.1) | 225 (30.8) | 0.306 |
| Dyslipidemia | 509 (61.0) | 38 (58.5) | 471 (61.3) | 0.658 |
| eGFR (mL/minute/1.73 m2) | 94.0 (82.1, 103.0) | 69.0 (64.0, 77.0) | 95.0 (85.0, 104.0) | < 0.001 |
| AST (U/L) | 29.0 (23.0, 39.0) | 31.0 (24.0, 47.0) | 29.0 (22.5, 39.0) | 0.167 |
| ALT (U/L) | 34.0 (21.0, 53.0) | 30.5 (21.0, 50.0) | 35.0 (21.0, 53.0) | 0.421 |
| CAP (dB/m) | 299.0 (275.0, 328.0) | 308.5 (276.0, 336.0) | 299.0 (275.0, 328.0) | 0.488 |
| LSM (kPa) | 6.8 (5.1, 10.8) | 10.1 (6.3, 14.3) | 6.7 (5.0, 10.4) | < 0.001 |
| NFS | -1.5 (-2.5, -0.5) | -0.4 (-1.2, 0.5) | -1.5 (-2.5, -0.6) | < 0.001 |
| NFS group | < 0.001 | |||
| Low | 460 (49.9) | 13 (19.7) | 447 (52.2) | |
| Intermediate | 369 (40.0) | 39 (59.1) | 8.6) | |
| High | 93 (10.1) | 14 (21.2) | 79 (9.2) | |
| FIB-4 | 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) | 1.7 (1.2, 2.7) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.7) | < 0.001 |
| FIB-4 group | < 0.001 | |||
| Low | 531 (57.6) | 17 (25.8) | 514 (60.0) | |
| Intermediate | 276 (29.9) | 34 (51.5) | 242 (28.3) | |
| High | 115 (12.5) | 15 (22.7) | 100 (11.7) | |
| ALBI | -3.0 (-3.2, -2.7) | -2.9 (-3.1, -2.6) | -3.0 (-3.2, -2.7) | 0.006 |
| ALBI grade | 0.105 | |||
| Grade 1 | 774 (84.0) | 50 (75.8) | 724 (84.6) | |
| Grade 2 | 137 (14.9) | 14 (21.2) | 123 (14.4) | |
| Grade 3 | 11 (1.1) | 2 (3.0) | 9 (1.0) |
- Citation: Navadurong H, Teerawongsakul P, Trakarnvanich T, Ruamtawee W, Treerasoradaj N, Sethasine S. Time-dependent predictive accuracy of noninvasive liver scores for chronic kidney disease onset in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. World J Hepatol 2026; 18(7): 122926
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.122926