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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2024

Potential role of predictive models in assessment of liver inflammation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a two-center cohort study.

Wei Xu, Bolun Li, Huai Gong, Jingdong Li, Zhanwei Yang, Yu Liu

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Wei Xu *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Hospital Affiliated With Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China. xuwei0209@163.com.
Bolun Li *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Hospital Affiliated With Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Huai Gong *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Hospital Affiliated With Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Jingdong Li *Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China. lijingdongnc@163.com.
Zhanwei YangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Hospital Affiliated With Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Yu LiuDepartment of Pathology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, The First Hospital Affiliated With Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.

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Education Department of Hunan Province 20A313Health Commission of Hunan Province 20200074
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Abstract

backgroundHepatic inflammation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. This study aimed to construct a clinically expedient predictive model to grade hepatic inflammation in HCC patients.

methodsThis is a two-center retrospective cohort study of HCC patients comprising Derivation cohort and External Validation cohort of 1201 and 505 patients, respectively. Variables of liver inflammation identified through uni- and multi-variate logistic regression analyses were incorporated into predictive nomograms and applied to Derivation cohort, subject to internal and external validation.

resultsLiver fibrosis severity score, portal hypertension severity, and model for end-stage liver disease-sodium independently predicted hepatic inflammation grade. Performance for distinguishing G1 and non-G1 (≥ G2) patients was good with C-index of 0.810 and 0.817 in Derivation and External Validation cohort, respectively. The nomogram performed poorly to predict grade G2, G3 and G2 + G3, but performed well to predict G4.

conclusionsOur nomogram exhibited good performance for scaling hepatic inflammation (G1 and G4) in HCC, and could be employed as adjunctive diagnostic tools to guide HCC management strategy.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsNomogramsAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexHepatic inflammationHepatocellular carcinomaMELD-NaPortal hypertension

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