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Prognostic Value of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients with Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Source :
- Biomedicines, Vol 12, Iss 8, p 1783 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2024.
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Abstract
- Overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE), a serious complication of liver cirrhosis, is associated with alterations in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. We evaluated the correlation between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels and transplant-free (TF) mortality in patients with OHE. Patients with OHE admitted to Beijing Ditan Hospital between January 2010 and August 2016 (n = 821) and between September 2016 and December 2020 (n = 480) were included in the training and validation sets, respectively. Independent predictors were explored by a multivariate Cox regression analysis, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to assess the prognostic value of these factors. The prognostic value of HDL-C was good (AUC at 1 year: 0.745) and was equivalent to that of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score (AUC at 1 year: 0.788). The optimal threshold values for HDL-C and MELD were 0.5 mmol/L and 17, respectively. The 1-year TF mortality rates in the low-risk (HDL-C ≥ 0.5 mmol/L and MELD < 17) and high-risk (HDL-C < 0.5 mmol/L and MELD ≥ 17) groups were 7.5% and 51.5% in the training set and 10.1% and 48.2% in the validation set, respectively. HDL-C level < 0.5 mmol/L and MELD score > 17 can facilitate the identification of high-risk patients and provide a basis for timely treatment.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279059
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Biomedicines
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.81e1a8df3641433e944f42287e10c0e5
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12081783