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Red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio in assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Hye Won Lee1,†, Wonseok Kang1,2,3,†, Beom Kyung Kim1,2,3,‡,*, Seung Up Kim1,2,3,‡,*, Jun Yong Park1,2,3, Do Young Kim1,2,3, Sang Hoon Ahn1,2,3, Young Nyun Park4 andKwang Hyub Han1,2,3
Article first published online: 31 MAY 2015
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12868
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Issue
Liver International
Liver International
Volume 36, Issue 1, pages 24–30, January 2016
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2 Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
3 Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
4 Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
† Hye Won Lee and Wonseok Kang contributed equally to this work as joint first authors.
‡ Seung Up Kim and Beom Kyung Kim contributed equally to this work as co-corresponding authors.
* Correspondence
Seung Up Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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Keywords:
chronic hepatitis B;fibrosis;liver stiffness measurement;red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio
Abstract
Background & Aims
Precise assessment of liver fibrosis is necessary in patients with chronic liver disease. We investigated the performance of red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Methods
A total of 482 consecutive patients with chronic hepatitis B who underwent liver biopsy between October 2005 and May 2014 were recruited. Liver stiffness was measured using transient elastography. FIB-4 score, red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio and the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index were also assessed.
Results
A total of 271 (56.2%) patients were males. The median age was 44 years. F1, F2, F3 and F4 fibrosis stages were identified in 68 (14.1%), 137 (28.4%), 64 (13.3%) and 213 (44.2%) of the patients respectively. The mean red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio increased with liver fibrosis severity: F1, 0.065; F2, 0.077; F3, 0.097 and F4, 0.121 (P < 0.01). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio for predicting significant fibrosis (≥F2) was 0.747. This result was inferior to transient elastography (0.866, P = 0.004), but comparable to FIB-4 (0.782, P = 0.427) and aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (0.716, P = 0.507). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio for predicting cirrhosis (F4) was 0.811, which was inferior to liver stiffness (0.915, P < 0.001), but comparable to FIB-4 (0.804, P = 0.805) and superior to aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (0.680, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
The accuracy of red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio was acceptable for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. When transient elastography is not available, red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio assessment is a simple method that can be used to reduce the need for liver biopsy.
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