实用肝脏病杂志 ›› 2025, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 374-377.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2025.03.014

• 非酒精性脂肪性肝病 • 上一篇    下一篇

超声声衰减系数联合血清ALT/AST比值评估非酒精性脂肪性肝病患者肝脂肪变程度价值研究*

马晨曦, 许静, 王艳秋   

  1. 210000 南京市中国药科大学附属浦口中医医院超声科
  • 收稿日期:2024-08-12 发布日期:2025-05-14
  • 作者简介:马晨曦,女,32岁,大学本科,主治医师。E-mail:18752017084@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    *南京市浦口区社会事业科技发展计划项目(编号:S2018-24)

Ultrasound attenuation coefficient and serumALT/AST ratio in evaluating liver steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Ma Chengxi, Xu Jing, Wang Yanqiu   

  1. Department of Ultrasound, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to China Pharmaceutical University, Pukou 210000, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2024-08-12 Published:2025-05-14

摘要: 目的 探讨应用超声声衰减系数(AC)联合血清丙氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT)/天冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)比值评估非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)患者肝脂肪变程度的效能。方法 2021年5月~2024年5月我院收治的NAFLD患者70例和30例健康体检者,NAFLD患者均接受肝活检,使用超声声衰减成像(ATI)技术测定AC值,常规行血生化指标检测,绘制受试者工作特征曲线(ROC)分析指标的诊断效能。结果 在本组70例NAFLD患者中,组织病理学检查诊断轻度脂肪变20例,中度脂肪变28例和重度脂肪变22例;重度组AC值为(1.1±0.4)dB·cm-1·MHz-1,显著高于中度组【(0.8±0.3)dB·cm-1·MHz-1,P<0.05】或轻度组【(0.6±0.2)dB·cm-1·MHz-1,P<0.05】和健康人组【(0.5±0.1)dB·cm-1·MHz-1,P<0.05】,血清ALT/AST比值为(1.0±0.1),显著低于中度组【(1.3±0.2),P<0.05】或轻度组【(1.7±0.4),P<0.05】和健康人组【(1.8±0.5),P<0.05】; ROC曲线分析显示,分别以AC值=0.79 dB·cm-1·MHz-1和血清ALT/AST比值=1.28为截断点,两者联合诊断中度肝脂肪变的AUC=0.882(95%CI:0.745~0.961),其灵敏度为92.9%,特异度为75.0%,显著优于两者单独诊断(P<0.05); 分别以AC值=1.08 dB·cm-1·MHz-1和血清ALT/AST比值=1.00为截断点,两者联合诊断重度肝脂肪变的AUC=0.902(95%CI:0.804~0.978),其灵敏度为95.5%,特异度为85.0%,显著优于两者单独诊断(P<0.05)。结论 AC联合血清ALT/AST比值可帮助临床初步评估NAFLD患者肝脂肪变程度,为进一步诊治提供线索。

关键词: 非酒精性脂肪性肝病, 肝脂肪变, 超声声衰减系数, 丙氨酸氨基转移酶/天冬氨酸氨基转移酶比值, 诊断

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to investigate diagnostic performance of ultrasound attenuation coefficient (AC) and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ratio in evaluating liver steatosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods 70 patients with NAFLD and 30 volunteers for healthy physical examination were admitted to our hospital between May 2021 and May 2024, and all patients with NAFLD received liver biopsies. Ultrasonic attenuation imaging (ATI) was performed to measure AC, and serum ALT and AST levels were routinely detected. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were applied to analyze predicting efficacy of AC and serum ALT/AST ratio combination for liver steatosis in patients with NAFLD. Results Of 70 patients with NAFLD in our series, liver histo-pathological examination showed liver steatosis of mild degree in 20 cases, moderate in 28 cases and severe in 22 cases; AC in patients with severe liver steatosis was (1.1±0.4)dB·cm-1·MHz-1, much higher than [(0.8±0.3)dB·cm-1·MHz-1, P<0.05] in moderate or [(0.6±0.2)dB·cm-1·MHz-1, P<0.05] in mild and [(0.5±0.1)dB·cm-1·MHz-1, P<0.05] in healthy persons, and serum ALT/AST ratio was (1.0±0.1), much lower than [(1.3±0.2), P<0.05] in moderate or [(1.7±0.4), P<0.05] in mild and [(1.8±0.5), P<0.05] in healthy control; ROC analysis showed that the AUC was 0.882(95%CI:0.745-0.961), with sensitivity (Se) of 92.9% and specificity (Sp) of 75.0%, when AC and ALT/AST ratio combination in predicting moderate liver steatosis (P<0.05), and the AUC was 0.902(95%CI:0.804-0.978), with Se of 95.5% and Sp of 85.0%, when the two parameters combined in predicting severe liver steatosis, much superior to any parameter doing alone (P<0.05). Conclusion Combination of AC and serum ALT/AST ratio might help clinicians for early liver steatosis screening, which needs further clinical investigation.

Key words: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Liver steatosis, Ultrasound attenuation coefficient, Serum alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase ratio, Diagnosis