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Vol. 48. Issue 6.
(June - July 2025)
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Vol. 48. Issue 6.
(June - July 2025)
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Prognostic value of relative adrenal insufficiency in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis—A prospective clinical study
Valor pronóstico de la insuficiencia suprarrenal relativa en pacientes con hepatitis alcohólica—un estudio prospectivo y clínico
Raúl Alberto Jiménez-Castilloa, Carlos Eugenio González-Martíneza, Elianee María Tovar-Bojorqueza, Carlos Alejandro Cortez-Hernándeza,
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, Joel Omar Jaquez-Quintanaa, José Alberto González-Gonzáleza, José Gerardo González-Gonzálezb,c, Héctor Jesús Maldonado-Garzaa
a Gastroenterology Department, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
b Plataforma INVEST Medicina UANL, KER Unit Mayo Clinic (KER Unit Mexico), Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
c Endocrinology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital “Dr. José E. González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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Table 1. Comparison between clinical and laboratory values (median, range) in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis with RAI and without RAI in an academic center.
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Table 2. Hazard ratio (HR) for death of 90 in adults with severe alcoholic hepatitis, according to univariate Cox's proportional regression analysis for adults with severe alcoholic hepatitis and its association with clinical and laboratory characteristics.
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Background/Aims

Relative adrenal insufficiency (RAI) is frequent in patients with liver cirrhosis and affects their prognosis. Scarce data on RAI in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis (AAH) exists. This study aimed to document the prevalence and prognostic implication of RAI in patients with severe AAH.

Patients and methods

Adults with a first episode of AAH were selected. The delta cortisol level was the difference between the serum basal cortisol and 60min after ACTH stimulation. Cox proportional-hazard regression model was used for univariate analysis of prognostic factors with 95% confidence intervals. The Kaplan–Meier and log-rank tests were applied for survival analysis between patients with RAI and without RAI.

Results

Twenty-five subjects with a first episode of AAH were included. Eight (32.0%) deaths occurred in our cohort. Univariate analysis showed that presence of RAI (p=0.049) had a significant impact on 90-day Overall Survival (OS). Serum albumin (p=0.991), serum creatinine (p=0.954), sodium (p=0.986) and international normalized ratio (p=0.073) did not show a significant impact on 90-day OS. Ninety-day overall survival for patients with RAI was 50.0% vs. 90.9% in those without RAI, (p=0.040).

Conclusions

The presence of RAI seems to be a fair predictor of intermediate-term survival in AAH patients.

Keywords:
Alcohol-associated hepatitis
Relative adrenal insufficiency
Cortisol
Outcomes
Adrenal insufficiency
Resumen
Introducción/objetivos

La insuficiencia suprarrenal relativa (ISR) es frecuente en pacientes con cirrosis hepática y afecta su pronóstico. Existe poca información sobre la ISR en hepatitis asociada al alcohol (HAA). El objetivo de este estudio fue documentar la prevalencia y la implicación pronóstica de la ISR en pacientes con HAA grave.

Pacientes y métodos

Se seleccionaron adultos con un primer episodio de AAH. El nivel de cortisol delta fue la diferencia entre el cortisol sérico basal y 60 minutos después de la estimulación con hormona adrenocorticotrópica (ACTH). Se utilizó el modelo de regresión de riesgos proporcionales de Cox para el análisis univariante de los factores pronósticos con intervalos de confianza del 95%. Se aplicaron las pruebas de Kaplan-Meier y log-rank para el análisis de la supervivencia entre los pacientes con ISR y sin ISR.

Resultados

Se incluyeron 25 sujetos con un primer episodio de HAA. Se produjeron ocho muertes (32,0%). El análisis univariado mostró que la presencia de ISR (p=0,049) tenía un impacto significativo en la sobrevida global (SG) a 90 días. La albúmina sérica (p=0,991), la creatinina sérica (p=0,954), el sodio (p=0,986) y el cociente internacional normalizado (p=0,073) no mostraron un impacto significativo. La supervivencia global a 90 días de los pacientes con ISR fue del 50,0% frente al 90,9% en aquellos sin ISR (p=0,040).

Conclusiones

La presencia de ISR parece ser un buen predictor de supervivencia a medio plazo en pacientes con HAA.

Palabras clave:
Hepatitis asociada al alcohol
Insuficiencia suprarrenal relativa
Cortisol
Resultados
Insuficiencia suprarrenal

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