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    BARD Score for NAFLD Fibrosis

    Predicts risk of advanced fibrosis in NAFLD patients.
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    Patients with suspected NAFLD.

    • Strong negative predictive value for ruling out fibrosis (Raszeja-Wyszomirska 2010).

    • Original study involved mostly Caucasian patients and therefore score may be less applicable in other populations.

    • Doesn’t predict fibrosis but rules out (high sensitivity).

    • Helps differentiate adult patients with NAFLD from NASH who have not yet developed clinical stigmata of cirrhosis.

    • Predicts advanced fibrosis in NAFLD patients with a NPV of 97% (rules out fibrosis), thus potentially avoiding need for liver biopsy.

    • Comparable to NAFLD Fibrosis Score in terms of sensitivity and specificity.

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    Dr. Stephen A. Harrison

    About the Creator

    Stephen A. Harrison, MD, is the medical director of Pinnacle Clinical Research. He is also a visiting professor of hepatology at the Radcliffe College of Medicine, University of Oxford. Dr. Harrison’s research focuses primarily on hepatitis C and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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