High sensitive CRP and pentraxine 3 as noninvasive biomarkers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2014;
18:1583-1590. [PMID:
24943967]
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most common hepatic disease. Liver biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of NAFLD. To overcome the problems with liver biopsy many studies are being performed to find noninvasive methods for the evaluation of hepatic status.
AIM
This study aims to study to role of high sensitive CRP and pentraxine 3 in the setting of NAFLD.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
thirty two NAFLD cases and 34 controls were enrolled. All subjects were studied clinically and blood was drawn for para-clinical studies. Liver biopsy was performed for all cases. Levels of hs-CRP and pentraxine were analyzed to find any significant difference for the stages of steatosis and fibrosis based on pathologic findings.
RESULTS
Hs-CRP level was higher in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cases versus non-NASH cases. Its level was also increased in higher levels of fibrosis. Pentraxine 3 had no efficacy in differentiating different levels of NAFLD and fibrosis.
CONCLUSIONS
Hs-CRP can be used in combination with other biomarkers in the noninvasive evaluation of NAFLD.
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