Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and hyaluronic acid levels as markers of fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease at the main tertiary referral hospital in Ghana: A case-control study design.

25‐OH vitamin D CLD HA fibrosis inflammation markers

Journal

Health science reports
ISSN: 2398-8835
Titre abrégé: Health Sci Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101728855

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Historique:
received: 26 10 2022
revised: 04 01 2023
accepted: 28 01 2023
entrez: 15 2 2023
pubmed: 16 2 2023
medline: 16 2 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Liver fibrosis leading to chronic liver disease (CLD) is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and health-care expenditure worldwide. The "gold standard" for diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis is histological analysis of liver tissue obtained by liver biopsy, an invasive procedure. Therefore, there is the need to identify noninvasive and inexpensive markers for diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis. This study aimed at evaluating the correlation of hyaluronic acid (HA) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH vitamin D) serum levels as markers of fibrosis with histologically staged and graded liver biopsies obtained from CLD patients. This was a case-control study involving 40 CLD patients requiring liver biopsies and 40 controls. Liver biopsies were staged to determine the degree of fibrosis. Serum levels of 25-OH vitamin D and HA were determined using ELISA. Statistical analyses were performed to determine differences in HA and 25-OH vitamin D levels between controls and patients as well as to correlate the biomarkers with the stages of fibrosis. CLD patients showed significant ( CLD patients had significantly reduced serum 25-OH vitamin D and higher HA. Both markers correlated with the degree of liver fibrosis. These findings have major clinical translatable implication in the use of vitamin D supplementation in the management of CLD in Ghana.

Sections du résumé

Background and Aims UNASSIGNED
Liver fibrosis leading to chronic liver disease (CLD) is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and health-care expenditure worldwide. The "gold standard" for diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis is histological analysis of liver tissue obtained by liver biopsy, an invasive procedure. Therefore, there is the need to identify noninvasive and inexpensive markers for diagnosis and staging of liver fibrosis. This study aimed at evaluating the correlation of hyaluronic acid (HA) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH vitamin D) serum levels as markers of fibrosis with histologically staged and graded liver biopsies obtained from CLD patients.
Methods UNASSIGNED
This was a case-control study involving 40 CLD patients requiring liver biopsies and 40 controls. Liver biopsies were staged to determine the degree of fibrosis. Serum levels of 25-OH vitamin D and HA were determined using ELISA. Statistical analyses were performed to determine differences in HA and 25-OH vitamin D levels between controls and patients as well as to correlate the biomarkers with the stages of fibrosis.
Results UNASSIGNED
CLD patients showed significant (
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
CLD patients had significantly reduced serum 25-OH vitamin D and higher HA. Both markers correlated with the degree of liver fibrosis. These findings have major clinical translatable implication in the use of vitamin D supplementation in the management of CLD in Ghana.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36789398
doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1101
pii: HSR21101
pmc: PMC9919473
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e1101

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Justice Moses K. Aheto is an Editorial Board member of Health Science Reports and co‐author of this article. He was excluded from editorial decision‐making related to the acceptance of this article for publication in the journal. All other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Bartholomew Dzudzor (B)

Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana.

Harris Hammond (H)

Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana.

Kenneth Tachi (K)

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana.

Anna Alisi (A)

Research Unit of Genetics of Complex Phenotypes, Area of Translational Pediatrics and Cinical Genetics, "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital IRCCS Rome Italy.

Sandro Vento (S)

Faculty of Medicine University of Puthisastra Phnom Penh Cambodia.

Richard Kwasi Gyasi (RK)

Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana.

Justice Moses K Aheto (JMK)

Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Accra Ghana.

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