Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Egypt.
Department of Anesthesia, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-Koom, Egypt.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2021 Jul 1;22(7):2005-2009. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.7.2005.
The albumin bilirubin (ALBI) score and model of end stage liver disease (MELD) are prognostic in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Aim was to compare MELD-sarcopenia to MELD and ALBI scores in patients with HCC awaiting liver transplantation.
patients with HCC (n=262) were included and followed up for 12 months. Baseline MELD, ALBI and MELD-sarcopenia models were calculated.
The average age was 59.61 ±8.09 years. Most patients were males (69.5%), CTP class A (55.7%) and BCLC stage B (54.2%). Hepatitis C virus was the main cause of liver cirrhosis in most patients (88.9%). The average MELD, MELD-sarcopenia and median ALBI score were 10.65 ±2.54, 15.11 ±6.22 and -2.12 (0.74) respectively. Sarcopenia patients had higher MELD, ALBI and MELD-sarcopenia values. Patients with sarcopenia had lower survival (10.09 months) than those without (11.72 months). The ALBI, MELD and MELD-sarcopenia were associated with mortality. ALBI had AUROC of 0.717 (95% CI: 0.659 - 0.771), MELD had AUROC of 0.656 (95% CI: 0.595 - 0.713) and MELD-sarcopenia had AUROC of 0.798 (95% CI: 0.744 - 0.845). The ALBI and MELD scores had comparable AUROC (p=0.081). The MELD-sarcopenia had superior AUROC than MELD (p=0.001) and ALBI (p=0.05).
MELD-sarcopenia is better prognostic model than the ALBI and MELD scores in HCC patients awaiting liver transplantation.
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白蛋白-胆红素(ALBI)评分和终末期肝病模型(MELD)评分在肝细胞癌(HCC)患者中具有预后价值。本研究旨在比较 MELD 评分联合骨骼肌指数(MELD-sarcopenia)与 MELD 评分和 ALBI 评分在 HCC 患者肝移植中的应用。
纳入 262 例 HCC 患者,随访 12 个月。计算基线 MELD、ALBI 和 MELD-sarcopenia 模型。
患者平均年龄为 59.61±8.09 岁,其中男性占 69.5%,CTP 分级为 A 级(55.7%),BCLC 分期为 B 期(54.2%)。大多数患者(88.9%)的肝硬化原因为丙型肝炎病毒感染。平均 MELD、MELD-sarcopenia 和中位 ALBI 评分分别为 10.65±2.54、15.11±6.22 和-2.12(0.74)。存在骨骼肌减少症的患者 MELD、ALBI 和 MELD-sarcopenia 评分均较高。存在骨骼肌减少症的患者生存时间(10.09 个月)较无骨骼肌减少症患者(11.72 个月)低。ALBI、MELD 和 MELD-sarcopenia 与死亡率相关。ALBI 评分的 AUROC 为 0.717(95%CI:0.659-0.771),MELD 评分的 AUROC 为 0.656(95%CI:0.595-0.713),MELD-sarcopenia 评分的 AUROC 为 0.798(95%CI:0.744-0.845)。ALBI 和 MELD 评分的 AUROC 无显著差异(p=0.081),而 MELD-sarcopenia 评分的 AUROC 显著高于 MELD(p=0.001)和 ALBI(p=0.05)。
在 HCC 患者肝移植中,MELD-sarcopenia 评分是比 ALBI 和 MELD 评分更好的预后模型。