Similar results were also observed when we used other non-invasive fibrosis scores to identify/exclude advanced NAFLD fibrosis, such as the APRI index or the NAFLD fibrosis score (in this latter case, however, the number of patients with available data for calculating the NAFLD fibrosis score was smaller due to the lack of extensive measurement of serum albumin concentrations) (data not shown). Here, ALB is linked to fibrosis.