Masaaki Mino, Akitoshi Sano, Eiji Kakazu, Hiroko Matsubara, Keisuke Kakisaka, Takayuki Kogure, Katsunori Sekine, Yoshihiko Aoki, Masatoshi Imamura, Michitaka Matsuda, Taiji Yamazoe, Taizo Mori, Sachiyo Yoshio, Jun Inoue, Atsushi Masamune, Tatsuya Kanto
BACKGROUND: The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) to tyrosine (Tyr) ratio (BTR) test is used to evaluate the progression of chronic liver disease (CLD). However, the differences across sex, age, body mass index (BMI) and etiologies are still unclear. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data from 2,529 CLD cases with free amino acids (FAAs) in peripheral blood from four hospitals and 16,421 general adults with FAAs data from a biobank database. In total, 1,326 patients with CLD (covering seven etiologies) and 8,086 healthy controls (HCs) were analyzed after exclusion criteria...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Gastroenterology