Low Serum Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Level Predicts Compensated Cirrhosis Caused by Chronic Hepatitis B in HBeAg Positive Patients in East China
| Author | Wen Jia | en |
| Author | Xun Qi | en |
| Author | Yan-Yan Ji | en |
| Author | Yun-Hao Xun | en |
| Author | Hong Wang | en |
| Author | Wen-Hong Zhang | en |
| Author | Jian-Hua Yang | en |
| Author | Jin-Yu Wang | en |
| Author | Hao-Xiang Zhu | en |
| Author | Ri-Cheng Mao | en |
| Author | Ji-Ming Zhang | en |
| Issued Date | 2015-08-01 | en |
| Abstract | Backgrounds: Serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels are associated with fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate serum HBsAg level as a biomarker for compensated cirrhosis in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive CHB patients. Patients and Methods: Two-hundred and one HBeAg-positive Chinese CHB patients with or without cirrhosis were enrolled in this retrospective study. Cirrhosis was diagnosed based on liver biopsy. Furthermore, patients with decompensated cirrhosis were excluded. A statistical analysis was performed regarding the association between serum HBsAg level and compensated cirrhosis. Results: Patients with compensated cirrhosis had a significantly lower mean serum HBsAg level compared to those without cirrhosis (3.27 Log10 IU/mL VS 4.17 Log10 IU/mL, P < 0.001). Furthermore, examining the correlation with compensated cirrhosis revealed that lower level of serum HBsAg was a significant factor in multivariate analysis. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve of serum HBsAg was 0.856 for compensated cirrhosis. A positive predictive value of 66.2% and negative predictive value of 90.7% were obtained with a cut-off value of < 3.60 Log10 IU/mL (4000 IU/mL) of serum HBsAg. Moreover, the rate of compensated cirrhosis increased to 75.0% after combining with APRI > 2. Conclusions: In HBeAg positive CHB patients, low serum HBsAg level is a useful predictor of compensated cirrhosis. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.29183 | en |
| Keyword | Hepatitis B Surface Antigens | en |
| Keyword | Liver Cirrhosis | en |
| Keyword | Hepatitis B e Antigens | en |
| Keyword | Hepatitis B | en |
| Keyword | Chronic | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Low Serum Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Level Predicts Compensated Cirrhosis Caused by Chronic Hepatitis B in HBeAg Positive Patients in East China | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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