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Predictive Performances of Blood Parameter Ratios for Liver Inflammation and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection.

Authors :
Ding R
Zhou X
Huang D
Wang Y
Li X
Yan L
Lu W
Yang Z
Zhang Z
Source :
BioMed research international [Biomed Res Int] 2021 Apr 10; Vol. 2021, pp. 6644855. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 10 (Print Publication: 2021).
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Objective: Blood parameter ratios, including neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte to lymphocyte ratio (MLR), have been reported that they are correlated to the progression of liver disease. This study is aimed at evaluating the predictive value of PLR, NLR, and MLR for liver inflammation and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).<br />Methods: We recruited 457 patients with CHB who underwent a liver biopsy and routine laboratory tests. Liver histology was assessed according to the Scheuer scoring system. The predictive accuracy for liver inflammation and fibrosis was assessed by receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis.<br />Results: PLR and NLR presented significantly reverse correlation to liver inflammation and fibrosis. However, these correlations were not observed for MLR and liver histology. The AUROCs of PLR for assessing G2-3 and G3 were 0.676 and 0.705 with cutoffs 74.27 and 68.75, respectively. The AUROCs of NLR in predicting inflammatory scores G2-3 and G3 were 0.616 and 0.569 with cutoffs 1.36 and 1.85, respectively. The AUROCs of PLR for evaluating fibrosis stages S3-4 and S4 were 0.723 and 0.757 with cutoffs 79.67 and 74.27, respectively. The AUROCs of NLR for evaluating fibrosis stages S3-4 and S4 were 0.590 with cutoff 1.14.<br />Conclusion: Although PLR has similar predictive power of progressive liver fibrosis compared with APRI, FIB-4, and GPR in CHB patients, it has the advantage of less cost and easy application with the potential to be widely used in clinical practice.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 Rongrong Ding et al.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2314-6141
Volume :
2021
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
BioMed research international
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33937406
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6644855