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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2024; 30(7): 685-704
Published online Feb 21, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i7.685
Red cell distribution width/platelet ratio estimates the 3-year risk of decompensation in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease-induced cirrhosis
Marcello Dallio, Mario Romeo, Paolo Vaia, Salvatore Auletta, Simone Mammone, Marina Cipullo, Luigi Sapio, Angela Ragone, Marco Niosi, Silvio Naviglio, Alessandro Federico
Marcello Dallio, Mario Romeo, Paolo Vaia, Salvatore Auletta, Simone Mammone, Marina Cipullo, Marco Niosi, Alessandro Federico, Department of Precision Medicine, Hepatogastroenterology Division, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples 80138, Italy
Luigi Sapio, Angela Ragone, Silvio Naviglio, Department of Precision Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry Division, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples 80138, Italy
Co-first authors: Marcello Dallio and Mario Romeo.
Author contributions: Romeo M is responsible for guarantor of the article, conceptualization, methodology, investigation, and writing the original draft; Vaia P, Auletta S, Mammone S, Dallio M are responsible for conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, investigation, and writing the original draft; Cipullo M, Niosi M are responsible for investigation, resources, data curation, and visualization; Naviglio S, Sapio L are responsible for reviewing the original draft; Ragone A is responsible for visualization; Federico A is responsible for conceptualization, data curation, supervision; all authors approved the final version of the manuscript. In light of the shared collaborative effort, as well as the distribution of responsibilities and burdens to complete the study, Dallio M and Romeo M were designated as co-first authors.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Comitato Etico Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" -Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “Luigi Vanvitelli”- AORN “Ospedali dei Colli" Institutional Review Board (Approval No. 417).
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Silvio Naviglio, MD, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Precision Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry Division, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via L. De Crecchio 7, Naples 80138, Italy. silvio.naviglio@unicampania.it
Received: December 11, 2023
Peer-review started: December 11, 2023
First decision: December 14, 2023
Revised: December 19, 2023
Accepted: January 17, 2024
Article in press: January 17, 2024
Published online: February 21, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: The availability of non-invasive tools predicting the first decompensation event (DE) in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)-related compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) context is still demanded. Red cell distribution width to platelet ratio (RPR) has been shown to predict fibrosis in MASLD. Herein, we demonstrate that: (1) RPR predicts the first DE in MASLD-cACLD; (2) RPR predicts acute decompensation as the first DE in these patients; and (3) Patients presenting baseline Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension and RPR > 0.472 show higher risk of 3-year decompensation occurrence. Overall, RPR predicts time and modalities of DE in MASLD-related-ACLD patients, presenting the potential to be a valuable, easy-to perform, non-invasive clinical index.