Jeong Woo Kim1, Chang Hee Lee1, Baek-Hui Kim2, Young-Sun Lee3, Soon-Young Hwang4, Bit Na Park1, Yang Shin Park1. 1. Department of Radiology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 2. Department of Pathology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 4. Department of Biostatistics, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
Background: Liver biopsy is a gold standard for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but has several disadvantages including invasiveness, high cost, and sampling error. Ultrasonography (US) is a noninvasive imaging modality widely used in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients. This study aimed: (I) to assess the feasibility of US in the prediction of NASH and (II) to develop various US indices combining US parameters and laboratory data for the detection of NASH in NAFLD patients and to compare the diagnostic performance of them. Methods: Sixty patients who underwent liver biopsy, gray-scale US [hepatorenal index (HRI) and shear-wave elastography (SWE)], and Fibroscan [controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and transient elastography (TE)] for the evaluation of NASH were included. Patients were classified according to the NAFLD Activity Score (NAS) into the NASH (NAS ≥5) and non-NASH (NAS <5) groups. The diagnostic performance of HRI, CAP, SWE, TE, and laboratory data for grading steatosis, lobular inflammation, ballooning degeneration, and fibrosis was evaluated. After the identification of laboratory data that were independently associated with NASH through univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses, various US indices were developed by combining US parameters with or without these laboratory data. The diagnostic performance of the US indices was assessed with obtaining area under the curve (AUC) and compared using DeLong test. Results: Twenty-five NASH and 35 non-NASH patients were included. The mean AUCs for grading steatosis were 0.871 using HRI and 0.583 using CAP. The mean AUCs for grading fibrosis and ballooning degeneration were 0.777 and 0.729 using SWE and 0.830 and 0.708 using TE, respectively. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) was the only significant laboratory data associated with NASH (OR, 1.019; P=0.032). Using AST, the mean AUCs for grading lobular inflammation and ballooning degeneration were 0.712 and 0.775, respectively. Among various US indices, the index consisting of gray-scale US parameters (SWE and HRI) and AST showed the best diagnostic performance for the detection of NASH in NAFLD patients (AUC =0.806). Conclusions: The index combining gray-scale US parameters and AST is useful for the detection of NASH and may be used to exclude the need for liver biopsy in NAFLD patients. 2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
Background: Liver biopsy is a gold standard for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but has several disadvantages including invasiveness, high cost, and sampling error. Ultrasonography (US) is a noninvasive imaging modality widely used in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients. This study aimed: (I) to assess the feasibility of US in the prediction of NASH and (II) to develop various US indices combining US parameters and laboratory data for the detection of NASH in NAFLD patients and to compare the diagnostic performance of them. Methods: Sixty patients who underwent liver biopsy, gray-scale US [hepatorenal index (HRI) and shear-wave elastography (SWE)], and Fibroscan [controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and transient elastography (TE)] for the evaluation of NASH were included. Patients were classified according to the NAFLD Activity Score (NAS) into the NASH (NAS ≥5) and non-NASH (NAS <5) groups. The diagnostic performance of HRI, CAP, SWE, TE, and laboratory data for grading steatosis, lobular inflammation, ballooning degeneration, and fibrosis was evaluated. After the identification of laboratory data that were independently associated with NASH through univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses, various US indices were developed by combining US parameters with or without these laboratory data. The diagnostic performance of the US indices was assessed with obtaining area under the curve (AUC) and compared using DeLong test. Results: Twenty-five NASH and 35 non-NASH patients were included. The mean AUCs for grading steatosis were 0.871 using HRI and 0.583 using CAP. The mean AUCs for grading fibrosis and ballooning degeneration were 0.777 and 0.729 using SWE and 0.830 and 0.708 using TE, respectively. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) was the only significant laboratory data associated with NASH (OR, 1.019; P=0.032). Using AST, the mean AUCs for grading lobular inflammation and ballooning degeneration were 0.712 and 0.775, respectively. Among various US indices, the index consisting of gray-scale US parameters (SWE and HRI) and AST showed the best diagnostic performance for the detection of NASH in NAFLD patients (AUC =0.806). Conclusions: The index combining gray-scale US parameters and AST is useful for the detection of NASH and may be used to exclude the need for liver biopsy in NAFLD patients. 2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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