Table 2. Relationship of circulating fetuin-A levels with the progression of NAFLD.
| Studies | Sample sizes | NASH vs. NAFL |
Fibrosis vs. No fibrosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation | Diagnosis method | Data | Correlation | Diagnosis method | Data | Logistic regression analysis | ||
| Yilmaz et al. (2010) | 99 | Ns | Liver biopsy | Not shown | Positive correlation | Liver biopsy | Graphic results | Consistent |
| Haukeland et al. (2012) | 111 | Ns | Liver biopsy | Graphic results | Ns | Liver biopsy | Not shown | / |
| Kahraman et al. (2013) | 109 | Ns | Liver biopsy | Detailed data | Negative correlation | Liver biopsy | Not shown | / |
| Rametta et al. (2014) | 137 | Ns | Liver biopsy | Graphic results | Ns | Liver biopsy | Not shown | / |
| Celebi et al. (2015) | 105 | Ns | Liver biopsy | Detailed data | Ns | Liver biopsy | Detailed data | / |
| Sato et al. (2015) | 275 | / | / | / | Negative correlation | serology | Detailed data | Consistent |
| Pampanini et al. (2018) | 81 | Ns | Liver biopsy | Detailed data | Ns | Liver biopsy | Graphic results | |
| Mondal et al. (2018) | 46 | / | / | / | Positive correlation | FibroScan | Detailed data | Consistent |
Abbreviation: Ns, not significant.