Method for assisting detection of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

A method of detecting LDL-TG and at least one component selected from the group consisting of LDL-C, LDL subfraction-C, HDL-C, HDL subfraction-C, ApoB, ApoE, total cholesterol, ALT, and AST, contained in a test blood sample isolated from a living body of a patient having nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the method comprising:

• a) measuring the amount of LDL-TG contained in the test blood sample;
• b) measuring the amount of the at least one component in the test blood sample;
• and
• c) detecting whether at least one case of (1) to (3) below is satisfied:;
• (1) the case in which a mathematical model with parameters which are the amount of LDL-TG and the amount of the at least one component is generated, the amount of LDL-TG and the amount of the at least one component contained in the test blood sample are substituted into the mathematical model to calculate a score, and the calculated score is larger than a reference value;
• (2) the case in which the amount of LDL-TG is equal to or above the cutoff value of the LDL-TG and the amount of any test item selected from LDL-C, LDL subfraction-C, HDL-C, HDL subfraction-C, ApoB, total cholesterol, ALT, and AST is equal to or below the cutoff value of the test item;
• (3) the case in which the amount of LDL-TG is equal to or above the cutoff value of the LDL-TG and the amount of ApoE is equal to or above the cutoff value of the ApoE.