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. 2021 Sep 7;27(33):5536–5554. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i33.5536

Table 2.

Hepatocellular carcinoma prediction risk scores for chronic hepatitis B patients

Risk scores
Cohort: Patients/ratio of cirrhosis
Study population
Antiviral treatment
Variables
External validation
GAG-HCC (Yuen et al[26], 2009) Training: 820/15%; Validation: - Asian (Hong Kong) No Age; Gender; HBV-DNA; Cirrhosis Asian, Caucasian
CU-HCC (Wong et al[27], 2010) Training: 1055/38%; Validation: 428/16% Asian (Hong Kong) No Age; Albumin; Bilirubin; HBV-DNA; Radiologic cirrhosis Asian, Caucasian
REACH-B (Yang et al[29], 2011) Training: 3584/0; Validation: 1505/18% Asian (Taiwan) No Age; Gender; ALT; HBeAg status; HBV-DNA concentration Asian, Caucasian
REACH-BII(Lee et al[30], 2013) Training: 2227/0; Validation: 1113/0 Asian (Taiwan) No Age; Gender; ALT; HBeAg/HBV-DNA/HBsAg/Genotype status - (Internal only)
mREACH-B (Lee et al[31], 2014) Training: 192/46.9%; Validation: - Asian (South Korea) ETV Gender; ALT; HBeAg status; LSM value Asian
LSM-HCC (Wong et al[33], 2014) Training: 1035/32%; Validation: 520/31% Asian (Hong Kong) No Age; Albumin; HBV-DNA concentration; LSM value Asian
RWS-HCC (Poh et al[34], 2016) Training: 583/13.7%; Validation: 3353/NA Asian (Singapore) No Age; Sex; Cirrhosis; AFP Asian, Caucasian
PAGE-B (Papatheodoridis et al[39], 2016) Training: 1325/20%; Validation: 490/48% Caucasians (Europe) ETV/TDF Age; Gender; Platelet count Asian, Caucasian
mPAGE-B (Kim et al[42], 2018) Training: 2001/19%; Validation: 1000/20% Asian (South Korea) ETV/TDF Age; Gender; Platelet count; Albumin Asian
HCC-RESCUE (Sohn et al[44], 2017) Training: 990/39%; Validation: 1071/35% Asian (South Korea) ETV Age; Gender; Cirrhosis Asian
APA-B (Chen et al[45], 2017) Training: 883/36%; Validation: 442/236% Asian (Taiwan) ETV Age; Platelet; AFP Asian
HCC-ESC (Fung et al[35], 2018) Training: 723/NA; Validation: - Asian (Hong Kong) No Age; Gender; Cirrhosis; Hypoalbuminemia; HBV-DNA; ALT -
CAMD (Hsu et al[46], 2018) Training: 23851/26.4%; Validation: 19321/7.1% Asian (Taiwan) ETV/TDF Age; Gender; Diabetes; Cirrhosis Asian
AGED (Fan et al[36], 2019) Training: 628/0%; Validation: 1663/0% Asian (China) No Age; Gender; HBeAg status; HBV-DNA - (Internal only)
AASL-HCC (Yu et al[47], 2019) Training: 944/39%; Validation: 298/39% Asian (South Korea) ETV/TDF Age; Gender; Albumin; Cirrhosis Asian
REAL-B (Yang et al[48], 2020) Training: 5365/20.2%; Validation: 2683/22.1% Asian (Multiethnicity) Yes (not specified) Age; Gender; Alcohol use; Diabetes; Platelet count; Cirrhosis; AFP - (Internal only)
HCC-ESCAVT (Lim et al[49], 2020) Training: 769/41.5%; Validation: 1061/26.1% Asian (South Korea) ETV/TDF Gender; Cirrhosis; Fibrosis-4 index - (Internal only)

GAG-HCC: The guide with age, gender, hepatitis B virus DNA, core promoter mutations, and cirrhosis risk score; CU-HCC: Chinese University-hepatocellular carcinoma risk score; REACH-B: The risk estimation for hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B score; RWS: Real-world score; APA-B: Age, platelet, alpha-fetoprotein-B score; CAMD: Cirrhosis, age, male gender, diabetes score; AFP: Alpha-fetoprotein, ALT: Alanine aminotransferase, HBeAg: Hepatitis B e Antigen, HBV: Hepatitis B virus, LSM: Liver stiffness measurement.