ZJU Index: Ethnic-Specific Thresholds for Liver Disease in Chinese MASLD Patients

Chinese metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) patients were studied to define ethnic-specific diagnostic thresholds. The dataset, authored by Yu Qiu and last updated in 2026, contains results from a cross-sectional study of 2,156 patients using vibration-controlled transient elastography. It identifies Zhejiang University (ZJU) index thresholds for hepatic steatosis and fibrosis that differ from Western cohorts.

Use Cases

• Validate the ZJU index as a cost-effective screening tool based on its correlation with controlled attenuation parameter and liver stiffness measurement.
• Compare diagnostic performance of the ZJU index against conventional metabolic markers like BMI and waist circumference for fibrosis outcomes.
• Develop stratified risk models for MASLD progression based on identified ethnic-specific thresholds for Chinese populations.
• Investigate demographic variations in liver disease markers based on findings of strongest correlations in males, the elderly, and non-obese individuals.

Strengths

• Study includes a substantial cohort of 2,156 Chinese MASLD patients.
• Analysis uses vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), a referenced non-invasive diagnostic method.
• Results are supported by sensitivity analyses using multiple imputation, showing materially consistent results.
• Dataset is openly shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and demographic bias inherent to the single Chinese cohort studied.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yu Qiu.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) and restricted cubic spline (RCS) modeling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 05:24:42; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China