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Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aims of this study were (1) to identify the useful clinical parameters of noninvasive approach for distinguishing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and (2) to determine whether the levels of the identified parameters are correlate...
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The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23837136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2013.19.2.120 |
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author | Kim, Young Seok Jung, Eun Sun Hur, Wonhee Bae, Si Hyun Choi, Jong Young Song, Myeong Jun Kim, Chang Wook Jo, Se Hyun Lee, Chang Don Lee, Young Sok Choi, Sang Wook Yang, Jin Mo Jang, Jeong Won Kim, Sang Gyune Jung, Seung Won Kim, Hee Kyung Chae, Hee Bok Yoon, Seung Kew |
author_facet | Kim, Young Seok Jung, Eun Sun Hur, Wonhee Bae, Si Hyun Choi, Jong Young Song, Myeong Jun Kim, Chang Wook Jo, Se Hyun Lee, Chang Don Lee, Young Sok Choi, Sang Wook Yang, Jin Mo Jang, Jeong Won Kim, Sang Gyune Jung, Seung Won Kim, Hee Kyung Chae, Hee Bok Yoon, Seung Kew |
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description | BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aims of this study were (1) to identify the useful clinical parameters of noninvasive approach for distinguishing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and (2) to determine whether the levels of the identified parameters are correlated with the severity of liver injury in patients with NASH. METHODS: One hundred and eight consecutive patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD (age, 39.8±13.5 years, mean±SD; males, 67.6%) were prospectively enrolled from 10 participating centers across Korea. RESULTS: According to the original criteria for NAFLD subtypes, 67 patients (62.0%) had NASH (defined as steatosis with hepatocellular ballooning and/or Mallory-Denk bodies or fibrosis ≥2). Among those with NAFLD subtype 3 or 4, none had an NAFLD histologic activity score (NAS) below 3 points, 40.3% had a score of 3 or 4 points, and 59.7% had a score >4 points. Fragmented cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) levels were positively correlated with NAS (r=0.401), as well as NAS components such as lobular inflammation (r=0.387) and ballooning (r=0.231). Fragmented CK-18 was also correlated with aspartate aminotransferase (r=0.609), alanine aminotransferase (r=0.588), serum ferritin (r=0.432), and the fibrosis stage (r=0.314). A fragmented CK-18 cutoff level of 235.5 U/L yielded sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of 69.0%, 64.9%, 75.5% (95% CI 62.4-85.1), and 57.1% (95% CI 42.2-70.9), respectively, for the diagnosis of NASH. CONCLUSIONS: Serum fragmented CK-18 levels can be used to distinguish between NASH and NAFL. Further evaluation is required to determine whether the combined measurement of serum CK-18 and ferritin levels improves the diagnostic performance of this distinction. |
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spelling | pubmed-37018442013-07-08 Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Kim, Young Seok Jung, Eun Sun Hur, Wonhee Bae, Si Hyun Choi, Jong Young Song, Myeong Jun Kim, Chang Wook Jo, Se Hyun Lee, Chang Don Lee, Young Sok Choi, Sang Wook Yang, Jin Mo Jang, Jeong Won Kim, Sang Gyune Jung, Seung Won Kim, Hee Kyung Chae, Hee Bok Yoon, Seung Kew Clin Mol Hepatol Original Article BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aims of this study were (1) to identify the useful clinical parameters of noninvasive approach for distinguishing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and (2) to determine whether the levels of the identified parameters are correlated with the severity of liver injury in patients with NASH. METHODS: One hundred and eight consecutive patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD (age, 39.8±13.5 years, mean±SD; males, 67.6%) were prospectively enrolled from 10 participating centers across Korea. RESULTS: According to the original criteria for NAFLD subtypes, 67 patients (62.0%) had NASH (defined as steatosis with hepatocellular ballooning and/or Mallory-Denk bodies or fibrosis ≥2). Among those with NAFLD subtype 3 or 4, none had an NAFLD histologic activity score (NAS) below 3 points, 40.3% had a score of 3 or 4 points, and 59.7% had a score >4 points. Fragmented cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) levels were positively correlated with NAS (r=0.401), as well as NAS components such as lobular inflammation (r=0.387) and ballooning (r=0.231). Fragmented CK-18 was also correlated with aspartate aminotransferase (r=0.609), alanine aminotransferase (r=0.588), serum ferritin (r=0.432), and the fibrosis stage (r=0.314). A fragmented CK-18 cutoff level of 235.5 U/L yielded sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of 69.0%, 64.9%, 75.5% (95% CI 62.4-85.1), and 57.1% (95% CI 42.2-70.9), respectively, for the diagnosis of NASH. CONCLUSIONS: Serum fragmented CK-18 levels can be used to distinguish between NASH and NAFL. Further evaluation is required to determine whether the combined measurement of serum CK-18 and ferritin levels improves the diagnostic performance of this distinction. The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2013-06 2013-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3701844/ /pubmed/23837136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2013.19.2.120 Text en Copyright © 2013 by The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kim, Young Seok Jung, Eun Sun Hur, Wonhee Bae, Si Hyun Choi, Jong Young Song, Myeong Jun Kim, Chang Wook Jo, Se Hyun Lee, Chang Don Lee, Young Sok Choi, Sang Wook Yang, Jin Mo Jang, Jeong Won Kim, Sang Gyune Jung, Seung Won Kim, Hee Kyung Chae, Hee Bok Yoon, Seung Kew Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
title | Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
title_full | Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
title_fullStr | Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
title_short | Noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
title_sort | noninvasive predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in korean patients with histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23837136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2013.19.2.120 |
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