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Plasma atherogenic index as a non-invasive criterion for the diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Key takeaways
This study checked if a simple blood test can spot fatty liver disease in people with type 2 diabetes. It found a link between a specific blood marker and the presence of this liver condition. This shows a connection, but it is not proof that the marker causes the disease.
Who did this work
O. O. Plohotnichenko (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · Tetiana Tyzhnenko (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · K.V. Misiura (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · I.A. Tykha (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · Н. А. Кравчун (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · Igor A Lurin (State Enterprise "L.I. Medved's Research Center of Preventive Toxicology, Food and Chemical Safety" of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine) · Maryana Gorshunska (V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University) · A. K. Pochernyaev (Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan) · V.V. Kurinnyi · Жанна Лещенко (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · Алла Колеснікова (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine") · Ihor Marakhovskyi (State Institution "Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care at the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine")
Source
Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-10-02
https://doi.org/10.22141/2224-0721.22.6.2026.1755