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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Eiman Ghaffarpasand, M.D. [2]

Overview

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings exclusively associated with portal hypertension. Laboratory findings related with the diagnosis of cirrhosis, as the most common underlying disease for portal hypertension, include indirect serum markers and direct fibrosis markers. Indirect serum markers are platelet count, AST/ALT index, AST/platelet ratio index, and Lok score. Direct fibrosis markers are fibrotest, fibrometer, hepascore, hyaluronic acid, and enhanced liver fibrosis.

Laboratory Findings

  • There are no diagnostic laboratory findings exclusively associated with portal hypertension.
  • Laboratory findings related with the diagnosis of cirrhosis, as the most common underlying disease for portal hypertension, include indirect serum markers and direct fibrosis markers.

Indirect serum markers

Platelet count

AST/ALT index

AST/platelet ratio index


<math display="block">APRI = [(AST/ULN)/platelet count(10^{9}/L)] \times 100</math>ULN= Upper limit of normal

  • APRI ≤ 0.50 is suggestive of absence of fibrosis and APRI > 1.50 is suggestive of presence of the significant fibrosis.[7]

Lok


<math display="block">\log_{Predicting Cirrhosis}= -5.56 -0.0089 \times platelet (\times10^{3}/mm^3) + 1.26\times AST/ALT ratio + 5.27 \times INR</math>

FIB-4


<math display="block">FIB-4 = Age \times AST [U/L]/ \sqrt{platelet [10^9]\times ALT[U/L]}</math>

  • FIB-4 index of less than 1.6 excludes the cirrhosis, while FIB-4 more than 3.6 is diagnostic of cirrhosis.[10]

Forns


<math display="block">Forns = 7.8111 - 3.131 \times\ln (platelet) + 0.781 \times \ln (GTT)+3.467\times \ln (age) - 0.014 \times (cholesterol)</math>

Direct fibrosis markers

Fibrotest


<math display="block">FibroTest = 4.467\times\log_{10} [A2MG(g/L)] - 1.357 \times log_{10} [HG(g/L)] + 1.017 \times log_{10}[GMT(IU/L)] + 0.0281 \times[age(years)] + 1.737 \times log_{10} [Bili( \mu mol/L)] -1.184 \times[ApoA1(g/L)] + 0.301 \times sex - 5.54 </math>Sex: (female= 0, male= 1)

  • Fibrotest score of less than 0.1 suggests very mild or absence of fibrosis and score of more than 0.6 strongly revealed moderate to severe fibrosis.[13]

Fibrometer


<math display="block">FibroMeter = 0.4184 \times Glc [mmol/L] + 0.0701 \times AST [U/L] + 0.00008 \times ferritin [\mu g/L] - 0.0102 \times platelet [g/L] - 0.0260 \times ALT [U/L] + 0.0459 \times BW [kg] + 0.0842 \times age [years] + 11.6226 </math>

  • FibroMeter score of less than 0.36 reveals absence of significant fibrosis, and score of more than 0.36 is suggestive of dramatic fibrosis.[13]

Hepascore


<math display="block">Logistic regression = y = \exp [-4.185818-(0.0249 \times age) + (0.7464 \times sex) + (1.0039\times A2MG) + (0.032 \times hyaluronic acid) + (0.0691 \times bilirubin) -(0.0012 \times GGT)]</math>

<math display="block">HepaScore= \tfrac{y}{y+1} </math>

Hyaluronic acid

Enhanced liver fibrosis


<math display="block">ELF score = 2.494+ 0.846 \times \ln (HA) + 0.735 \times \ln (PIIINP) + 0.391\times\ln (TIMP-1) </math>

  • The reference point for ELF score is 6.72 and the variable of 'age' found to be the most effective factor on the score.[16]

References

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