Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Twenty-eight children and adolescents with pediatric-onset PSC (male : female patient ratio, 20:8; median age at diagnosis, 9 years) were enrolled in this study. The relation between serum WFA+ -M2BP levels and clinical characteristics was retrospectively evaluated. Moreover, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to determine whether serum WFA+ -M2BP levels could be a reliable marker to identify PSC patients with advanced liver histology. RESULTS: According to the Ludwig classification of liver histological stage, 28 patients were classified into the four stages. The WFA+ -M2BP level, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to platelet ratio index (APRI), and hyaluronic acid correlated significantly with liver histological stage. Moreover, WFA+ -M2BP showed a significant positive correlation (P < 0.05) with autoimmune hepatitis overlap, AST, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), γ-glutamyltransferase, total bilirubin, immunoglobulin G, APRI, and hyaluronic acid. A ROC analysis was undertaken to distinguish the patients with advanced stage disease (stage 3-4) from those with early stage disease (stage 0-2). It showed that WFA+ -M2BP yielded the highest area under the ROC curve value (0.898) among four surrogate makers (APRI, 0.850; Fibrosis-4 index, 0.806; and AST/ALT ratio, 0.802). Moreover, WFA+ -M2BP yielded the highest sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value among the four markers. CONCLUSIONS: Serum WFA+ -M2BP levels are useful to identify patients with advanced liver histology in pediatric PSC.
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Authors | Shuichiro Umetsu, Ayano Inui, Tsuyoshi Sogo, Haruki Komatsu, Tomoo Fujisawa |
Journal | Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology
(Hepatol Res)
Vol. 48
Issue 5
Pg. 355-363
(Apr 2018)
ISSN: 1386-6346 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 29168311
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2017 The Japan Society of Hepatology. |