Research Article

A Novel Prediction Model for Significant Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Table 1

Parameters of patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Training set ()Validation set ()

Age (year)0.003
Gender (male/female)160/9298/700.288
ALT (U/L)46.0 (26.0-114.5)49.0 (24.0-101.0)0.841
AST (U/L)36.0 (24.0-64.75)38.0 (25.0-71.75)0.406
TBIL (μmol/L)14.5 (10.6-18.8)14.0 (8.9-23.1)0.803
ALB (g/L)45.4 (41.4-47.2)43.4 (41.5-46.1)0.363
PLT (×109/L)186.0 (151.0-232.0)183.0 (133.25-226.5)0.188
HA (ng/mL)40.98 (26.08-72.19)48.16 (31.56-91.28)0.016
LN (ng/mL)53.03 (41.91-65.00)49.73 (41.62-62.35)0.266
IVC (ng/mL)48.72 (28.79-81.04)56.99 (33.63-106.02)0.115
PIIINP (ng/mL)10.77 (7.39-17.43)11.04 (7.85-16.8)0.472
HBeAg (+/-)91/16142/126
HBeAb (+/-)119/13360/108
Inflamation,G0/G1/G2/G3/G4, 28/130/70/23/111/75/66/15/1
Liver biopsy ()94/15882/860.021
Stage of fibrosis, S0/S1/S2/S3/S4, 35/138/46/23/1013/72/44/33/6
Liver biopsy ()79/17383/850.001

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TBIL: total bilirubin; ALB: albumin; PLT: blood platelet; HA: hyalurona; LN: laminin; IVC: type IV collagen; PIIINP: procollagen type III N-terminal peptide; HBeAg: hepatitis B e antigen; HBeAb: hepatitis B e antibody; : significant liver fibrosis; : no or mild liver fibrosis.