Practical Geriatrics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 607-611.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2024.06.015

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Value of serum TIMP-1 and M-CSF levels in early diagnosis of post-hepatitis B cirrhosis in elderly patients

SHI Hua, HE Zhiwei, GAN Ke   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, the Central Hospital of Ziyang, Ziyang 641300, China
  • Received:2023-06-02 Online:2024-06-20 Published:2024-06-19

Abstract: Objective To investigate the value of serum tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) and macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) levels in the early diagnosis of post-hepatitis B cirrhosis in the elderly patients. Methods A total of 97 elderly patients with post-hepatitis B cirrhosis admitted to our hospital from March 2020 to May 2022 were enrolled as the study group, and 125 elderly patients with hepatitis B during the same period were enrolled as the control group. According to the degree of cirrhosis, the study group was divided into 39 patients with grade A cirrhosis, 33 patients with grade B cirrhosis and 25 patients with grade C cirrhosis. The serum TIMP-1 and M-CSF levels were compared between the two groups and the patients with different grades of cirrhosis, and the correlation between serum TIMP-1 level and serum M-CSF level was analyzed. The influencing factors of cirrhosis in the elderly patients with hepatitis B were analyzed, and the diagnostic value of serum TIMP-1 and M-CSF levels for post-hepatitis B cirrhosis in the elderly patients was analyzed. Results The levels of total bilirubin (TBIL), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and prothrombin time (PT) in the study group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.01), and the level of albumin (ALB) was lower than that in the control group (P<0.01). The levels of TIMP-1 and M-CSF in the study group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.01). The serum levels of TIMP-1 and M-CSF in the patients with grade C cirrhosis were highest, followed by grade B and grade A (P<0.05). Serum TIMP-1 level was positively correlated with serum M-CSF level (P< 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that TBIL, PT, TIMP-1, M-CSF and ALB were the influencing factors for cirrhosis in the elderly patients with hepatitis B (P<0.05). The area under the curve (AUC) of serum TIMP-1, M-CSF and combination in diagnosing liver cirrhosis in the elderly patients with hepatitis B was 0.821, 0.813 and 0.896, respectively (P<0.05), and the AUC of combination of TIMP-1 and M-CSF was higher (P<0.05). Conclusions Serum TIMP-1 and M-CSF levels have important value in early diagnosis of post-hepatitis B cirrhosis in the elderly patients, and their combination has higher diagnostic value.

Key words: tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1, macrophage colony stimulating factor, aged, hepatitis B, liver cirrhosis, diagnostic value

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