relationship between insulin resistance and presence of advanced fibrosis
(p= 0.732) [Table 3]. Table 4 represents the correlation of NFS to the
stage of fibrosis. In thewhole cohort of patients, therewere 334 patients
without advanced fibrosis on histology, of which 26 patients (7.8%)
were wrongly classified by the NFS. Hence, the NFSwas able to correctly