Research progress in controlled attenuation parameter for assessment of fatty liver disease / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP)is a noninvasive,quantitative,fast,and reliable novel tool for the assessment of fatty liver disease (FLD),and it has been a hotspot in the noninvasive diagnosis of FLD.This paper introduces factors associated with CAP asses-sing FLD,the cut -off value for the diagnosis of liver steatosis,and the causes of the failure of CAP measurement and unreliable CAP meas-urement.The paper believes that even though the noninvasive and quantitative diagnosis of FLD by CAP has been confirmed by many stud-ies,most of the results were obtained with a limited sample size.Therefore,the factors associated with the cut -off value for CAP diagnosing liver steatosis and factors influencing the measurement results still need validation with larger samples and multi -centered research reports.