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Salimur Rahman, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Mohammad Sayedul Haque, Sharmin Sultana, Ayub Al-Mamun
Citation Information : Rahman S, Al-Mahtab M, Sayedul Haque M, Sultana S, Al-Mamun A. The Value of Serum CA19-9 Levels in predicting Extent of Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2015; 5 (1):16-18.
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1122
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 01-06-2017
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).
This cross-sectional observational study was conducted to evaluate the implication of CA19-9 level in predicting the extent of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Fifty treatmentnaïve patients with CHB were divided into three groups: group I, patients with no fibrosis (F0; n = 3); group II, patients with mild fibrosis (F1; n = 25) and group III, patients with moderate fibrosis (F3; n = 22). There was no significant (p > 0.05) difference in levels of serum bilirubin, serum alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and alpha fetoprotein among groups I, II and III. Also, mean CA19-9 level did not differ among the three groups. It was observed that, for group II, AUC was 42.6%, sensitivity 52%, specificity 32%, considering cut-off value as 2.8 U/ml to predict F1 liver fibrosis. For group III, AUC was 57.7%, sensitivity 68%, specificity 50% considering cut-off value as 3.2 U/ml to predict F3 fibrosis. The levels of CA19-9 level do not seem to have significant predictive implication to assess hepatic fibrosis.
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