Routine blood tests to predict liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

AIM: To verify the usefulness of FibroQ for predicting fi brosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C, compared with other noninvasive tests. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included 237 consecutive patients with chronic hepatitis C who had undergone percutaneous liver biopsy before treatment. FibroQ, aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase ratio (AAR), AST to platelet ratioindex, cirrhosis discriminant score, age-platelet index (API), Pohl score, FIB-4 index, and Lok's model were calculated and compared. RESULTS: FibroQ, FIB-4, AAR, API and Lok's model results increased significantly as fibrosis advanced (analysis of variance test: P < 0.001). FibroQ trended to be superior in predicting signifi cant fi brosis score in chronic hepatitis C compared with other noninvasive tests. CONCLUSION: FibroQ is a simple and useful test for predicting signifi cant fi brosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

腹部超声联合血清甲胎蛋白、高尔基体蛋白73、γ-谷氨酰转肽酶/血小板比值对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化的诊断价值研究

目的:探讨腹部超声联合血清甲胎蛋白(AFP)、高尔基体蛋白73(GP73)、γ-谷氨酰转肽酶/血小板比值(GPR)对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化的诊断价值。方法:选择新疆维吾尔自治区中医医院2020年3月~2022年2月期间收治的慢性乙型肝炎患者148例,根据肝脏活检病理诊断结果分为无肝纤维化组39例、轻度肝纤维化组33例、中度肝纤维化组51例、重度肝纤维化组25例。比较各组患者入院后腹部超声检查结果及血清AFP、GP73、GPR,应用受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线分析腹部超声联合AFP、GP73、GPR对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化的诊断价值。结果:随着肝纤维化程度地增加,患者肝脏轮廓逐渐不清晰、表面不光滑、肝脏回声逐渐增粗增强、有结节感、肝内胆管走形逐渐模糊,脂肪肝和腹水比例逐渐增加,脾脏厚度、脾脏长度、门静脉内径、脾静脉内径逐渐增加,经单因素方差分析显示各组超声指标比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。腹部超声对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化诊断的灵敏度为79.82%、特异度为76.92%、准确度为79.05%。随着肝纤维化程度的增加,患者血清AFP、GP73及GPR逐渐增加,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)。ROC曲线分析结果显示,血清AFP、GP73、GPR对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化诊断具有较高的曲线下面积(AUC),分别为0.701、0.664、0.779,腹部超声联合血清AFP、GP73、GPR对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化诊断的AUC最高(AUC为0.819)。结论:慢性乙型肝炎肝纤维化患者血清AFP、GP73、GPR升高,腹部超声联合血清AFP、GP73、GPR对慢性乙型肝炎患者肝纤维化具有较高的诊断价值。