Pretreatment gamma-glutamyl transferase predicts mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis B treated with nucleotide/nucleoside analogs

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Elevated serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels are associated with chronic hepatitis B (CHB)-related hepatocellular carcinoma. However, their role in predicting mortality in patients with CHB treated with nucleotide/nucleoside analogs (NAs) remains elusive. Altogether, 2843 patients with CHB treated with NAs were recruited from a multinational cohort. Serum GGT levels before and 6 months (Month-6) after initiating NAs were measured to explore their association with all-cause, liver-related, and non-liver-related mortality. The annual incidence of all-cause mortality was 0.9/100 person-years over a follow-up period of 17,436.3 person-years. Compared with patients who survived, those who died had a significantly higher pretreatment (89.3 vs. 67.4 U/L, p = 0.002) and Month-6-GGT levels (62.1 vs. 38.4 U/L, p < 0.001). The factors associated with all-cause mortality included cirrhosis (hazard ratio [HR]/95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.66/1.92-3.70, p < 0.001), pretreatment GGT levels (HR/CI: 1.004/1.003-1.006, p < 0.001), alanine aminotransferase level (HR/CI: 0.996/0.994-0.998, p = 0.001), and age (HR/CI: 1.06/1.04-1.07, p < 0.001). Regarding liver-related mortality, the independent factors included cirrhosis (HR/CI: 4.36/2.79-6.89, p < 0.001), pretreatment GGT levels (HR/CI: 1.006/1.004-1.008, p < 0.001), alanine aminotransferase level (HR/CI: 0.993/0.990-0.997, p = 0.001), age (HR/CI: 1.03/1.01-1.05, p < 0.001), and fatty liver disease (HR/CI: 0.30/0.15-0.59, p = 0.001). Pretreatment GGT levels were also independently predictive of non-liver-related mortality (HR/CI: 1.003/1.000-1.005, p = 0.03). The results remained consistent after excluding the patients with a history of alcohol use. A dose-dependent manner of <25, 25-75, and >75 percentile of pretreatment GGT levels was observed with respect to the all-cause mortality (trend p < 0.001). Pretreatment serum GGT levels predicted all-cause, liver-related, and non-liver-related mortality in patients with CHB treated with NAs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

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The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences - 40(2024), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 188-197

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jang, Tyng-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Po-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Jun, Dae Won [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Jang Han [VerfasserIn]
Toyoda, Hidenori [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chih-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Yuen, Man-Fung [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Ka Shing [VerfasserIn]
Yasuda, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sung Eun [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Eileen L [VerfasserIn]
An, Jihyun [VerfasserIn]
Enomoto, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Kozuka, Ritsuzo [VerfasserIn]
Chuma, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Nozaki, Akito [VerfasserIn]
Ishikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Tsunamasa [VerfasserIn]
Atsukawa, Masanori [VerfasserIn]
Arai, Taeang [VerfasserIn]
Hayama, Korenobu [VerfasserIn]
Ishigami, Masatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Yong Kyun [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Eiichi [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyoung Su [VerfasserIn]
Shim, Jae-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Uojima, Haruki [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Soung Won [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Sang Bong [VerfasserIn]
Takaguchi, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Senoh, Tomonori [VerfasserIn]
Buti, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Vargas-Accarino, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Hirokazu [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Kaori [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jee-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Chuang, Wan-Long [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Ming-Lun [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Chia-Yen [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chung-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Mindie H [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ming-Lung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alanine Transaminase
EC 2.3.2.2
EC 2.6.1.2
GGT
Gamma-Glutamyltransferase
HBV
Journal Article
Mortality
NA
Nucleosides
Nucleotides
Treatment

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Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/kjm2.12771

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NLM363774092