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PeerJ
. 2023 Dec 4:11:e16582.
doi: 10.7717/peerj.16582. eCollection 2023. The mortality of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease: a retrospective multi-center study
Pei-Jui Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], I-Che Feng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chih-Cheng Lai[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Chung-Han Ho[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Wei-Chih Kan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ming-Jen Sheu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hsing-Tao Kuo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Background: Patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) have a higher risk of mortality when infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Although the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and albumin-bilirubin grade (ALBI) score can predict mortality in CLD, their correlation with the clinical outcomes of CLD patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between the liver severity and the mortality in hospitalized patients with non-cirrhotic CLD and COVID-19.
Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 231 patients with non-cirrhotic CLD and COVID-19. Clinical characteristics, laboratory data, including liver status indices, and clinical outcomes were assessed to determine the correlation between liver status indices and the mortality among patients with non-cirrhotic CLD and COVID-19.
Results: Non-survivors had higher levels of prothrombin time-international normalized ratio (PT-INR), alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and lower albumin levels. Multivariable analysis showed that ALBI grade 3 (odds ratio (OR): 22.80, 95% confidence interval (CI) [1.70-305.38], p = 0.018), FIB-4 index ≥ 3.25 (OR: 10.62, 95% CI [1.12-100.31], p = 0.039), PT-INR (OR: 19.81, 95% CI [1.31-299.49], p = 0.031), hs-CRP (OR: 1.02, 95% CI [1.01-1.02], p = 0.001), albumin level (OR: 0.08, 95% CI [0.02-0.39], p = 0.002), and use of vasopressors (OR: 4.98, 95% CI [1.27-19.46], p = 0.021) were associated with the mortality.
Conclusion: The ALBI grade 3 and FIB-4 index ≥ 3.25, higher PT-INR, hsCRP levels and lower albumin levels could be associated with mortality in non-cirrhotic CLD patients with COVID-19. Clinicians could assess the ALBI grade, FIB-4 index, PT-INR, hs-CRP, and albumin levels of patients with non-cirrhotic CLD upon admission.
Keywords: ALBI; APRI; CLD; COVID-19; FIB-4; Hospitalization; Mortality predictor; Non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2023 Dec 4:11:e16582.
doi: 10.7717/peerj.16582. eCollection 2023. The mortality of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease: a retrospective multi-center study
Pei-Jui Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], I-Che Feng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chih-Cheng Lai[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Chung-Han Ho[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Wei-Chih Kan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ming-Jen Sheu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hsing-Tao Kuo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 38077441
- PMCID: PMC10702333
- DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16582
Background: Patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) have a higher risk of mortality when infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Although the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and albumin-bilirubin grade (ALBI) score can predict mortality in CLD, their correlation with the clinical outcomes of CLD patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between the liver severity and the mortality in hospitalized patients with non-cirrhotic CLD and COVID-19.
Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 231 patients with non-cirrhotic CLD and COVID-19. Clinical characteristics, laboratory data, including liver status indices, and clinical outcomes were assessed to determine the correlation between liver status indices and the mortality among patients with non-cirrhotic CLD and COVID-19.
Results: Non-survivors had higher levels of prothrombin time-international normalized ratio (PT-INR), alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and lower albumin levels. Multivariable analysis showed that ALBI grade 3 (odds ratio (OR): 22.80, 95% confidence interval (CI) [1.70-305.38], p = 0.018), FIB-4 index ≥ 3.25 (OR: 10.62, 95% CI [1.12-100.31], p = 0.039), PT-INR (OR: 19.81, 95% CI [1.31-299.49], p = 0.031), hs-CRP (OR: 1.02, 95% CI [1.01-1.02], p = 0.001), albumin level (OR: 0.08, 95% CI [0.02-0.39], p = 0.002), and use of vasopressors (OR: 4.98, 95% CI [1.27-19.46], p = 0.021) were associated with the mortality.
Conclusion: The ALBI grade 3 and FIB-4 index ≥ 3.25, higher PT-INR, hsCRP levels and lower albumin levels could be associated with mortality in non-cirrhotic CLD patients with COVID-19. Clinicians could assess the ALBI grade, FIB-4 index, PT-INR, hs-CRP, and albumin levels of patients with non-cirrhotic CLD upon admission.
Keywords: ALBI; APRI; CLD; COVID-19; FIB-4; Hospitalization; Mortality predictor; Non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2.