Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital III de Emergencias Grau EsSalud, Lima, Peru.
Laboratório de Gastroenterologia Clínica e Experimental LIM-07, Division of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital das Clínicas HCFMUSP, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Ann Hepatol. 2020 Nov-Dec;19(6):622-626. doi: 10.1016/j.aohep.2020.08.066. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Several non-invasive scoring systems have been developed and validated worldwide to predict the risk of liver fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, information about the performance of these systems in Latin American populations is scarce. Our aim was to evaluate the performance of the Hepamet Fibrosis Score, Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) and the NAFLD Fibrosis Score (NFS) in a mixed Latin American group of NAFLD patients. METHODS: Clinical, laboratory and liver biopsy data collected from 379 biopsy-proven NAFLD patients from Latin American tertiary health centers were reviewed. Histological fibrosis stages were classified using the Kleiner score. Accuracy was determined, and new fibrosis score thresholds were calculated to better compare the performances of non-invasive tests and to explore their usefulness in excluding fibrosis. RESULTS: The distribution of fibrosis stages among the sample population was as follows: F0 (45%), F1 (27%), F2 (8%), F3 (16%) and F4 (4%). Using modified thresholds, the areas under the ROC curves (AUROC) for Hepamet and FIB-4 (0.73 and 0.74, respectively) to detect significant fibrosis were higher than that of NFS (0.58). However, the AUROCs of the three scores were not significantly different in advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. To exclude fibrosis, we calculated lower cutoffs than standard thresholds for Hepamet, FIB-4 and NFS with similar performances. CONCLUSION: Thresholds of non-invasive fibrosis scores (Hepamet, FIB-4 and NFS) can be modified to maximize diagnostic accuracy in Latin American patients with NAFLD.
简介和目的: 已在全球范围内开发和验证了几种非侵入性评分系统,以预测非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD) 患者的肝纤维化风险。然而,有关这些系统在拉丁美洲人群中的表现的信息很少。我们的目的是评估 Hepamet 纤维化评分、纤维化-4 指数 (FIB-4) 和非酒精性脂肪性肝病纤维化评分 (NFS) 在混合拉丁美洲 NAFLD 患者中的表现。
方法: 回顾了来自拉丁美洲三级保健中心的 379 例经肝活检证实的 NAFLD 患者的临床、实验室和肝活检数据。使用 Kleiner 评分对组织学纤维化分期进行分类。确定了准确性,并计算了新的纤维化评分阈值,以更好地比较非侵入性检测的性能,并探索其在排除纤维化方面的用途。
结果: 样本人群中纤维化分期的分布如下:F0(45%)、F1(27%)、F2(8%)、F3(16%)和 F4(4%)。使用改良阈值,Hepamet 和 FIB-4(分别为 0.73 和 0.74)检测显著纤维化的 ROC 曲线下面积 (AUROC) 高于 NFS(0.58)。然而,在进展性纤维化和肝硬化中,这三种评分的 AUROCs 没有显著差异。为了排除纤维化,我们计算了 Hepamet、FIB-4 和 NFS 的较低截止值,与标准阈值相比具有相似的性能。
结论: 可以修改非侵入性纤维化评分(Hepamet、FIB-4 和 NFS)的阈值,以最大限度地提高拉丁美洲 NAFLD 患者的诊断准确性。
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