| アブストラクト | BACKGROUND: Driven by alcohol consumption and obesity, the prevalence of non-viral liver disease in the UK is increasing. Due to its silent and slow nature, the progression of liver disease is currently unpredictable and challenging to monitor. The latest National Institute for Health Care Excellence cirrhosis guidelines call for a validated risk tool that would allow general practitioners to identify patients that are at high risk of developing cirrhosis. METHODS: Using linked electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (a database of > 10 million patients in England), we aim to develop and validate a prediction model to estimate 2-, 5- and 10-year risk of cirrhosis. The model will provide individualised cirrhosis risk predictions for adult primary care patients, free from underlying liver disease or viral hepatitis infection, whose liver blood test results come back abnormal. We will externally validate the model in patients from 30 further Clinical Practice Research Datalink general practices in England. DISCUSSION: The prediction model will provide estimates of cirrhosis risk in primary care patients with abnormal liver blood test results to guide referral to secondary care, to identify patients who are in serious need of preventative health interventions and to help reassure patients at low risk of cirrhosis in the long term. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Diagnostic and prognostic research |
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| Pubmed追加日 | 2019/5/31 |
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| 投稿者 | Harmala, Suvi; O'Brien, Alastair; Parisinos, Constantinos A; Direk, Kenan; Shallcross, Laura; Hayward, Andrew |
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| 組織名 | 1Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, 222 Euston Road,;London, NW1 2DA UK.0000000121901201grid.83440.3b;2Division of Medicine, University College London, Rayne Building, 5 University;Street, London, WC1E 6JJ UK.0000000121901201grid.83440.3b;3Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, 1-19;Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB UK.0000000121901201grid.83440.3b |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143841/ |
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