Noninvasive Evaluation of Liver Function in Morbidly Obese Patients

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Demographic data
Male	32	31.3%
Female	70	68.6%
Age (years)	43.2	±10.5
BMI (kg/m^2)	53.7	±9.3
Comorbidities
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	37	36.2%
Hypertension	65	63.7%
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome	50	49.0%
Surgery
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass	43	42.2%
Sleeve gastrectomy	59	57.8%
NAFLD activity score
No NASH	35	34.3%
Borderline	40	39.2%
Definite NASH	27	26.5%
Median NAS	3
NASH risk classification
Low	14	13.7%
Intermediate	32	31.4%
High	26	25.5%
Very high	30	29.4%