Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of liver fibrosis progress on prediction of long-term prognosis
in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis who were treated with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). Methods
Clinical data of 108 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who received UDCA standardized treatment
[13~15 mg/(kg·d)] from 1992 to 2013 in the Affiliated Hospital of Yan’an University were retrospectively
analyzed. The patients were divived into UDCA response group and UDCA non-response group according
to ROC cut-off value of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) reduction rate. The cumulative survival rate was
compared by Kaplan-Meier curve. The risk factors of UDCA non-response were analyzed by the Logistic
regression. The cumulative survival rates of PBC patients with different pathological stage of Scheuer and
Nakanuma system were compared. Results The ROC cut-off value of GGT reduction rate was 69%. There
were 54 cases in UDCA response group (GGT reduction rate ≥ 69%) and 54 cases in UDCA non-response
group (GGT reduction rate < 69%). The cumulative survival rate of patients in UDCA response group were
higher than that of UDCA non-response group (χ 2 = 9.783, P = 0.002). Scheuer stage and Nakanuma stage
were the independent risk factors of UDCA non-response. The survival prognosis of patients in Scheuer stage
1 and 2 were better than those in stage 3 and 4 (P < 0.05). The survival prognosis of patients in Nakanuma
stage 1 and 2 were better than those in stage 4 (χ 2 = 3.998, 14.78; P = 0.046, 0.001). Conclusion Long-term
prognosis of patients with PBC who were treated with UDCA therapy could be predicted by Scheuer stage 3
and Nakanuma stage 4.
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