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DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE
卷 48, 期 9, 页码 1078-1081出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2016.06.018
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Autoimmune liver disease; Cirrhosis; Immunology; Liver function tests
Aim: To evaluate ex ante the predictive factors of incomplete/absent response to the standard therapy in a well characterized series of Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) patients from Italy. Methods: Of 282 AIH patients screened from our database 166 (59%) had a sustained response and 116 (41%) had an incomplete/absent response to the therapy; all patients were analyzed for the clinical, serological and histological parameters at diagnosis. Results: The patients with incomplete/absent response were characterized by significantly younger age (30 aa vs 42 aa p = 0.001) and a significantly higher frequency of cirrhosis at diagnosis than patients who had a complete response to therapy (26% vs 3% p < 0.0001); furthermore, patients with incomplete/absent response were distinguished from those with a complete response for significantly lower serum levels of both AST (7.9 x upper normal limit [unl] vs 13 x unl p < 0.005) and ALT (10.9 x unl vs 18 x unl p = 0.002) at diagnosis, and by an increase in IgG serum levels (1.43 x unl vs 1.27 x unl p = 0.009). After stepwise logistic regression, cirrhosis at diagnosis (p = 0.003, OR 0.12, 95% CI 0.03-0.49) and younger age (p = 0.001, OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05) represent two independent variables of incomplete/absent response. Conclusions: Younger age and cirrhosis are predictive of lack of response to the standard therapy in AIH patients. (C) 2016 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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