Transient elastography-based risk estimation of hepatitis B virus-related occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma: development and validation of a predictive model - PubMed (original) (raw)

Do Young Kim et al. Onco Targets Ther. 2013.

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a novel transient elastography-based predictive model for occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: A total of 1,250 patients with chronic hepatitis B and baseline liver stiffness values were recruited between May 2005 and December 2007. The predictive model for HCC occurrence was constructed based on a Cox proportional hazards model. We estimated baseline disease-free probabilities at 3 years. Discrimination and calibration were used to validate the model.

Results: HCC occurred in 56 patients during a median follow-up of 30.7 months. Multivariate analysis revealed that age, male gender, and liver stiffness values were independent predictors of HCC (all P<0.05), whereas hepatitis B virus DNA ≥20,000 IU/L showed borderline statistical significance (P=0.0659). We developed a predictive model for HCC using these four variables, which showed good discrimination capability, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.806 (95% confidence interval 0.738-0.874). We used the bootstrap method to assess discrimination. The AUROC remained largely unchanged between iterations, with an average value of 0.802 (95% confidence interval 0.791-0.812). The predicted risk of occurrence of HCC calibrated well with the observed risk, with a correlation coefficient of 0.905 (P<0.001).

Conclusion: This novel model accurately estimated the risk of HCC occurrence in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Keywords: hepatitis B; hepatocellular carcinoma; prediction; transient elastography.

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Figure 1

Receiver operating characteristics curve of the model. When we used the bootstrap method to assess discrimination, AUROCs remained largely unchanged between iterations, with an average AUROC of 0.802 (95% confidence interval 0.791–0.812). Abbreviation: AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.

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Figure 2

Calibration chart for predicted versus observed risk of occurrence of HCC. The predicted risk of occurrence of HCC calibrated well with the observed risk, with a correlation coefficient of 0.905 (P<0.001). Abbreviation: HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.

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