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A noninvasive model to predict liver histology for antiviral therapy decision in chronic hepatitis B with alanine aminotransferase < 2 upper limit of normal
Shanshan Chen 1 2 , Haijun Huang 3 , Wei Huang 4
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Affiliations
1
Department of Infectious Disease, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China. [email protected].
2
Graduate School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, BengbuAnhui, 233000, China. [email protected].
3
Department of Infectious Disease, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.
4
Department of Digestive Disease, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, China.
PMID: 33407146 PMCID: PMC7788863 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01576-6
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Abstract
Background: At present, most assessments of liver fibrosis staging mainly focus on non-invasive diagnostic methods. This study aims to construct a noninvasive model to predict liver histology for antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 577 patients with CHB who received liver biopsy and whose ALT was less than 2 ULN. Then they were randomly divided into a training group and a validation group. Through logistic regression analysis, a novel predictive model was constructed in the training group to predict significant changes in liver histology [necro-inflammatory activity grade (G) ≥ 2 or fibrosis stage (S) ≥ 2] and then validated in the validation group.
Results: If liver biopsy showed moderate or severe inflammation or significant fibrosis, antiviral treatment was recommended. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), anti-hepatitis B virus core antibody (anti-HBC) and glutamine transpeptidase (GGT) were identified as independent predictors for antiviral therapy, with area under the ROC curve (AUROC) of 0.649, 0.647 and 0.616, respectively. Our novel model index, which combined AST, anti- HBC and GGT with AUROC of 0.700 and 0.742 in training set and validation set.
Conclusions: This study established a noninvasive model to predict liver histology for antiviral treatment decision in patients with CHB with ALT < 2 ULN, which can reduce the clinical needs of liver biopsy.
Keywords: Anti-hepatitis B virus core antibody (anti-HBC); Hepatitis B virus; Liver biopsy; Noninvasive model.
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