Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between chitinase protein 40 (YKL-40), Golgi protein 73 (GP73), laminin (LN), type Ⅲ procollagen amino terminal peptide (PⅢNP) and type Ⅳ collagen (ⅣC) and the severity of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
METHODS Ninety-eight patients with chronic HBV infection admitted to Yuncheng Central Hospital from Jan. 2020 to Jan. 2024 were selected as the study group, including 39 patients with HBV carrier status (the HBV carrier group), 34 patients with chronic hepatitis B (the chronic hepatitis B group), and 25 patients with HBV-related cirrhosis (the HBV-related cirrhosis group). Another 98 healthy subjects who underwent physical examination in our hospital during the same period were selected as the healthy control group. The levels of YKL-40, GP73, LN, ⅢNP and ⅣC were compared between the study and the healthy control group and among the subgroups with different severity, and the diagnostic value of the combination of the five indices in chronic HBV infection was analyzed. Spearman method was used to analyze the correlation between YKL-40, GP73, LN, PⅢNP, ⅣC levels and the severity of chronic HBV infection.
RESULTS The levels of YKL-40, GP73, LN, PⅢNP and ⅣC in the study group were higher than those in the healthy control group (P < 0.05); and their levels in the HBV-related cirrhosis group were the highest in HBV subgroups, followed by those in the chronic hepatitis B group and those in the HBV carrier group (P < 0.05). Spearman correlation analysis found that, YKL-40, GP73, LN, PⅢNP and ⅣC levels were positively correlated with the severity of chronic HBV infection (r =0.770; 0.702; 0.748; 0.711; 0.743, respectively, P < 0.05). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve showed that the combination of YKL-40, GP73, LN, PⅢNP and ⅣC had a higher area under the curve (AUC) in diagnosing chronic HBV infection than the index alone (P < 0.05), with the sensitivity of 98.00% and specificity of 72.40%.
CONCLUSIONS YKL-40, GP73, LN, PⅢNP and ⅣC are involved in the occurrence of chronic HBV infection and related to the severity of patients′ disease. The combined detection of the five indices is helpful for the diagnosis of chronic HBV infection.