Clinical Study

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Risk and Liver Disease

Table 3

In patients with severe renal disease, severe liver disease did not have an association in increasing the risk of NSF. MELD represents the Model for End Stage Liver disease score average.

CharacteristicsNSF negativeNSF positive value

Severe renal disease0.998
 Class A and B (MELD avg. 11.7 and 22.5)131
 Class C (MELD avg. 33.7)81