Open AccessSerum Transferrin Is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
Author(s) -
Stephen R. Atkinson,
Karim Hamesch,
Igor Spivak,
Nurdan Güldiken,
Joaquín Cabezas,
Josepmaría Argemi,
Igor Theurl,
Heinz Zoller,
Sheng Cao,
Philippe Maury,
Vijay H. Shah,
Christian Trautwein,
R. Bataller,
Mark Thursz,
Pavel Strnad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the american journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1572-0241
pISSN - 0002-9270
DOI - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000492
Subject(s) - medicine , transferrin , transferrin saturation , alcoholic hepatitis , gastroenterology , ferritin , liver disease , hepcidin , receiver operating characteristic , confidence interval , serum iron , transferrin receptor , soluble transferrin receptor , survival analysis , immunology , alcoholic liver disease , iron deficiency , anemia , cirrhosis , iron status , serum ferritin
Severe alcoholic hepatitis (sAH) confers substantial mortality, but the disease course is difficult to predict. As iron parameters are attractive outcome predictors in other liver diseases, we tested their prognostic ability in sAH.