Evaluation of MACK-3 parameters, metabolic and fibrotic characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with hypertension.

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an inflammatory subtype of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and recent non-invasive test, MACK-3, demonstrated good diagnostic characteristics for fibrosis in several studies. The aim of our study was to assess the liver state using the non-invasive MACK-3 Test, and its link with liver fibrosis stage, inflammatory activity, steatosis, and metabolic markers in NAFLD patients with hypertension (HT).

Methods: Thirty adult NAFLD patients with HT, aged 30 to 60 years (mean age 46.