[Albumin-to-bilirubin scores for assessing the prognosis in autoimmune hepatitis-related cirrhosis].

Objective

To investigate the prognostic value of albumin-to-bilirubin scores in the assessment of autoimmune hepatitis-related cirrhosis.

Methods

The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the accuracy of ALBI, Child-Pugh and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) for prognosis prediction. Survival analysis was performed according to the ALBI classification. Spearman correlation analysis was performed on the ALBI score and the Child-Pugh score. Survival curves were plotted by Kaplan-Meier method, and Log-rank method was used to compare the survival difference curves between different groups.

Results

149 patients were recruited in the study. The ROC analysis showed that the ALBI scores (0.861, 0.826, 0.779, 0.744)was superior to Child-Pugh scores(0.703, P = 0.006; 0.672, P < 0.001; 0.613, P < 0.001; 0.583, P < 0.001)and MELD score(0.774, P = 0.031; 0.731, P = 0.007; 0.669, P < 0.001; 0.631, P < 0.001) for predicting 6, 12, 24, and 36 months mortality. Patients with ALBI grade 3 had a significantly lower survival rate than those with ALBI grade1 and grade 2.

Conclusion

ALBI score may be useful to evaluate the long-term prognosis of patients with autoimmune hepatitis-related cirrhosis.