Research Article

Relationship with FIB-4, APRI scores and the clinical diagnosis in chronic liver diseases

Volume: 64 Number: 2 June 10, 2025
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Relationship with FIB-4, APRI scores and the clinical diagnosis in chronic liver diseases

Abstract

AİM: Liver biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of cirrhosis, but has limitations such as invasive procedure, high cost, risk of rare but potentially life-threatening complications. These limitations of liver biopsy promote the development of noninvasive methods for assessments of cirrhosis. Among this models, aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) and fibrosis index based on four factors (FIB-4) are commonly used for identifying liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and C virus (HCV) infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of APRI and FIB-4 to predict cirrhosis in chronic liver diseases of various etiologies. MATERIAL AND METHOD: To propose a new set of cut-offs with high specificity and sensitivity for use in clinical practice, we evaluated new cut-offs of APRI and FIB-4 patients with chronic liver diseases. FINDINGS: Based on ROC analysis, the optimal cut-offs were 1.32 for APRI, and 4.24 for FIB-4, for diagnosing cirrhosis in this study. CONCLUSİON:The more frequent use of these non-invasive methods in clinical practice will lead to the early identification of cirrhosis, and prevent unnecessary biopsy with significant complications.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 10, 2025

Submission Date

September 23, 2024

Acceptance Date

February 17, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 64 Number: 2

Vancouver
1.Pınar Peker, İbrahim Hatemi. Kronik karaciğer hastalıklarında FIB-4 ve APRI skorlarının klinik tanı ile uyumu. EJM. 2025 Jun. 1;64(2):274-82. doi:10.19161/etd.1554585

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