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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2019 Aug 20;71(2):522–538. doi: 10.1002/hep.30832

Table 3:

High ASCA levels are associated with increased 90- and 180-Day mortality in patients with alcoholic hepatitis

Dependent: 90 Day
Mortality
Survival, %
(95% CI)
HR (univariable), (95%
CI, p value)
HR (multivariable), (95%
CI, p value*)
HR (multivariable), (95%
CI, p value**)
ASCA <34 IU/ml 80.0 (72.4-88.2) -
≥34 IU/ml 59.1 (45.5-76.8) 2.22 (1.15-4.30, p=0.017) 3.27 (1.21-8.86, p=0.020) 3.13 (1.11-8.82, p=0.031)
MELD 1.11 (1.07-1.16, p<0.001) 1.13 (1.07-1.19, p<0.001) 1.13 (1.07-1.19, p<0.001)
Dependent: 180
Day Mortality
ASCA <34 IU/ml 63.4 (48.4-83.1)
≥34 IU/ml 29.9 (13.9-64.6) 2.32 (1.28-4.21, p=0.006) 3.48 (1.50-8.10, p=0.004) 3.07 (1.30-7.28, p=0.011)
MELD 1.10 (1.06-1.15, p<0.001) 1.13 (1.08-1.18, p<0.001) 1.12 (1.07-1.17, p<0.001)
*

p value adjusted for MELD score, infection, antibiotics, steroids, pentoxifylline.

**

p value adjusted for MELD score, infection, antibiotics, steroids, pentoxifylline and LPS-BP. Likelihood ratio test. Bold font indicates significance (p value <0.05). HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; ASCA, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies; LPS-BP, lipopolysaccharide binding protein; MELD, Model for End-stage Liver Disease.