Table 3.
Number of Events Observed and Prognostic Values of Biomarkers
| Number of events | Prognostic value (AUROC) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease* | Reference | Biomarker | Number of patients | Follow-up (years) | Death: liver-related | Death: not liver-related | Complications | All | Liver-related | Complications |
| HCV | Ngo Y, Munteanu M, Messous D, et al14 | FibroTest | 537 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.76 | 0.96 | 0.96 |
| APRI | 260 | 0.67 | 0.76 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Biopsy | 537 | 0.66 | 0.87 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Nunes D, Fleming C, Offner G, et al17 | APRI | 303 | 5 | 31 | 44 | NA | NA | 0.85 | NA | |
| FIB-4 | 303 | NA | 0.85 | NA | ||||||
| Vergniol J, Foucher J, Terrebonne E, et al16 | FibroTest | 663 | 5 | 55 | 38 | NA | 0.80 | 0.81 | NA | |
| FibroScan | 663 | 0.82 | 0.87 | NA | ||||||
| APRI | 663 | 0.66 | 0.69 | NA | ||||||
| FIB-4 | 663 | 0.75 | 0.76 | NA | ||||||
| Biopsy | 663 | 0.76 | 0.84 | NA | ||||||
| HBV | Ngo Y, Benhamou Y, Thibault V, et al15 | FibroTest | 978 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.89 |
| APRI | 978 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Biopsy | 98 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.97 | ||||||
| ALD | Naveau S, Gaude G, Asnacios A, et al7 | FibroTest | 218 | 10 | 42 | 43 | NA | 0.69 | 0.79 | NA |
| HepaScore | 218 | 0.69 | 0.80 | NA | ||||||
| FibroMeter | 218 | 0.69 | 0.77 | NA | ||||||
| APRI | 218 | 0.56 | 0.59 | NA | ||||||
| FIB-4 | 218 | 0.64 | 0.65 | NA | ||||||
| Biopsy | 218 | 0.69 | 0.77 | NA | ||||||
| Mixed liver disease | Parkes J, Roderick P, Harris S, et al18 | ELF | 457 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 22 | NA | NA | 0.87 |
| Biopsy | 457 | NA | NA | 0.82 | ||||||
Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and alcoholic liver disease (ALD).
- APRI
aspartate transaminase-platelet ratio index
- AUROC
area under the receiver operating characteristic curve