HBeAg Negativity Is Associated With More Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B: A Propensity Score-Matching Analysis.
J Clin Gastroenterol
; 54(9): 826-831, 2020 10.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Serum hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) status is associated with the progression of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The authors aimed to investigate the relationship between HBeAg status and liver pathology in CHB patients.METHODS:
A total of 683 treatment-naive CHB patients who had undergone liver biopsy were retrospectively enrolled from 2 medical centers. Propensity score-matching (PSM) method was performed to adjust the imbalance of baseline confounders between HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative CHB patients.RESULTS:
HBeAg-negative CHB patients (n=338) exhibited more advanced liver fibrosis than HBeAg-positive CHB patients (n=345) before PSM (P<0.001). However, there were no significant differences in the distribution of inflammation grades between HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative CHB patients (P=0.051). Of these 683 CHB patients, 123 patients were included in each group after PSM. HBeAg-negative CHB patients still showed significantly advanced liver fibrosis as compared with HBeAg-positive CHB patients (P=0.03) after PSM. Furthermore, the distribution of liver inflammation grades in the HBeAg-negative CHB patients was also more severe than patients with HBeAg-positive (P=0.037). HBeAg-negative status was identified as an independent risk factor of significant liver fibrosis (P=0.011) by multivariate analysis.CONCLUSIONS:
HBeAg negativity is associated with more advanced liver fibrosis in CHB patients.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hepatitis B Crónica
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Antígenos e de la Hepatitis B
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Gastroenterol
Año:
2020
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Article