Objective To evaluate the value of King's score in predicting the degree of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) <2 times upper limit of normal (ULN). Methods A total of 185 chronic HBV infectionpatients were chosen, routine laboratory test and liver biopsy were carried out, the relevance of King's score, FIB-4 and APRI with liver fibrosis stage were analyzed, the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) of these three was drawn, and the predicting value of King's score was explored. Results King's score, FIB-4 and APRI were positively correlated with liver fibrosis (r=0.488, 0.404 and 0.440). The AUC of King's score, FIB-4 and APRI in diagnosis in significant liver fibrosis was 0.76, 0.71 and 0.74, respectively. The AUC of King's score, FIB-4 and APRI in diagnosis in advanced liver fibrosis was 0.77, 0.73 and 0.75, respectively. At the cut-off value of 10.946, King's score had a sensitivity of 61.05% and a specificity of 79.10% in diagnosis of significant liver fibrosis. At the cut-off value of 12.315, King's score had a sensitivity of 69.54% and a specificity of 74.67% in diagnosis of advanced liver fibrosis. Conclusions King's score has a certain predictive value of liver fibrosis in chronic HBV infection patients with ALT <2 ULN. |