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From: Distribution of FIB-4 index in the general population: analysis of 75,666 residents who underwent health checkups

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Procedure for selecting study subjects. Flowchart of selecting study subjects from the health checkup database in Hiroshima (April 2013–July 2018) and Iwate (April 2008–March 2019) prefectures. A total of 75,666 individuals without HBV or HCV provided blood samples, answers about alcohol consumption, and underwent ultrasonography for health checkups, and 17,968 residents were diagnosed as NAFLD. HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen, Anti-HCV anti hepatitis C virus antibody, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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BMC Gastroenterology

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