Role of serum alpha-fetoprotein level in the judgement of short-term prognosesof patients with hepatitis B virus associated acute-on-chronic liver failure
ZHANG Pan, YANG Shuang, ZHOU Yu-lai
The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China
Abstract:Objective To explore the correlation between serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scoring system, and to study whether serum AFP can be used clinically as a sensitive and valuable biomarker predicting the short-term prognosis of hepatitis B virus associated acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF). Methods Eighty patients with HBV-ACLFwere enrolled in this study. Serum AFP was detected, and MELD scores were evaluated. All the patients were divided into four groups according to their AFP levels and MELD scores, and then the relationship was analyzed between MELD scores and the fatality rate, between serum AFP and the fatality rate as well as between MELD scores and serum AFP accordingly. Results MELD scores were positively correlated with the fatality rate(r=0.939,P=0.006). Serum AFP was negatively correlated with MELD scores (r=-0.261,P=0.038)as well as with the fatality rate(r=-0.983,P=0.003). Serum AFP levels of patients with MELD scores <20 or between 20 and 30 were significantly higher than those with MELD scores between 30 and 40 or ≥ 40, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Serum AFP may be a clinical referential biomarker for predicting the severity and short-term prognosis of the patients withHBV-ACLF.
张磐, 杨爽, 周彧来. 血清甲胎蛋白水平对乙肝相关慢加急性肝衰竭患者短期预后的评判作用分析[J]. 实用预防医学, 2017, 24(7): 875-878.
ZHANG Pan, YANG Shuang, ZHOU Yu-lai. Role of serum alpha-fetoprotein level in the judgement of short-term prognosesof patients with hepatitis B virus associated acute-on-chronic liver failure. , 2017, 24(7): 875-878.
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