METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER STEATOSIS AND NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS IN MEN

摘要

FIELD: medicine. ;SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine and deals with a method for the differential diagnosis of liver steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in men. The essence of the method is that the ratio of the concentration of 3-hydroxybutyric and 3-methyl-2-oxovaleric acids determined by chromatographic method in a patient's venous blood sample is determined. When the ratio of the concentration of 3-hydroxybutyric acid to the concentration of 3-methyl-2-oxovaleric acid is 19/1 or more, liver steatosis is diagnosed, with a ratio of 13/1 or less, NASH is diagnosed. ;EFFECT: method can be used for non-invasive determination of liver steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in male patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. ;1 cl, 5 dwg, 3 tbl, 2 ex