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Red cell volume distribution width-to-platelet ratio in assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Authors
 Hye Won Lee  ;  Wonseok Kang  ;  Beom Kyung Kim  ;  Seung Up Kim  ;  Jun Yong Park  ;  Do Young Kim  ;  Sang Hoon Ahn  ;  Young Nyun Park  ;  Kwang Hyub Han 
Citation
 LIVER INTERNATIONAL, Vol.36(1) : 24-30, 2016 
Journal Title
LIVER INTERNATIONAL
ISSN
 1478-3223 
Issue Date
2016
MeSH
Adult ; Area Under Curve ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood* ; Biopsy/methods ; Dimensional Measurement Accuracy ; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/methods ; Erythrocyte Indices* ; Female ; Hepatitis B, Chronic/blood ; Hepatitis B, Chronic/complications ; Hepatitis B, Chronic/pathology ; Humans ; Liver/pathology* ; Liver Cirrhosis*/blood ; Liver Cirrhosis*/diagnosis ; Liver Cirrhosis*/etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Platelet Count/methods* ; ROC Curve ; Reproducibility of Results
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.
Full Text
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/liv.12868/abstract
DOI
10.1111/liv.12868
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pathology (병리학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Do Young(김도영)
Kim, Beom Kyung(김범경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5363-2496
Kim, Seung Up(김승업) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-8050
Park, Young Nyun(박영년) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-7967
Park, Jun Yong(박준용) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-2224
Ahn, Sang Hoon(안상훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3629-4624
Lee, Hye Won(이혜원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-3560
Han, Kwang-Hyub(한광협) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-6539
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/146426
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