Fibrosis-4 Index for Liver Fibrosis formula

Fibrosis-4 Index for Liver Fibrosis formula

Usage

fib4(age, alt, ast, plt)

Arguments

age

Numeric. Years.

alt

Numeric. Alanine aminotransferase. U/L.

ast

Numeric. Aspartate aminotransferase. U/L.

plt

Numeric. Platelet count. \(\times\) 10^9/L.

Value

The FIB-4 index.

References

Sterling, R. K., Lissen, E., Clumeck, N., Sola, R., Correa, M. C., Montaner, J., ... & Nelson, M. (2006). Development of a simple noninvasive index to predict significant fibrosis in patients with HIV/HCV coinfection. Hepatology, 43(6), 1317-1325.

See also

Other utils: anemia(), bmi(), egfr(), low_bmi()