[Comparative study of two models that use biochemical parameters for the non-invasive diagnosis of fibrosis in patients with hepatitis C].

Background And Objective: Several models for the prediction of liver fibrosis have been developed which consist of the measurement of routine laboratory data: a) a model combining platelets, gamma-glutamil-transpeptidase, cholesterol and age (Forns model), and b) a model using an aspartate-aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI). Our study was aimed to compare both non-invasive methods to predict mild fibrosis (F0-F1) or to confirm advanced fibrosis (F3, F4) in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Patients And Method: We included 199 patients with chronic hepatitis.