Red blood cell distribution width as a non-invasive marker for the assessment of inflammation in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Hepatogastroenterology
; 62(138): 393-8, 2015.
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| ID: mdl-25916070
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
The aim of this study was to assess the association between red cell distribution width and inflammation in biopsy proven non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.METHODOLOGY:
Fifty four subjects with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and thirty nine controls were enrolled for the study. Liver biopsy specimens were scored by using non-alcoholic fatty liver disease activity score by a single experienced liver pathologist.RESULTS:
Red cell distribution width was higher in the severe inflammation group in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (p < 0.05). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves for the predictive performance of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma glutamyl transferase and red cell distribution width in identifying inflammation in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis were 0.55 (0.41-0.68), 0.51 (0.37-0.64), 0.53 (0.39-0.67) and 0.73 (0.59-0.84) respectively and the differences of these values between red cell distribution width and other parameters were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05). To determine the grading of inflammation, the specificity for using the red cell distribution width as an indicator in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis patients was calculated to be 73.3%, with 79.5% sen- sitivity.CONCLUSION:
Red cell distribution width was a sensitive and specific method for the assessment of the inflammation in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Erythrocyte Indices
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Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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Hepatitis
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Hepatogastroenterology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article