Background: Multiple prognostic models are available to predict mortality in alcoholic hepatitis (AH) which are of modest benefit, but the best model remains unexplored.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis (2012-2015) of AH patients. Conventional prognostic scoring systems viz. Maddrey's Discriminant Function (mDF), Age Bilirubin International Normalized Ratio and Creatinine (ABIC), Glasgow Alcoholic Hepatitis Score (GAHS), and the Model for End-stage Liver Disease score (MELD), were compared with Model for AH to Grade the Severity in an Asian patient cohort (MAGIC) score, using area under the ROC curves for ascertaining 30/90-day mortality.

Results: Eighty-eight patients (100% male); mean (SD) age of 45.6 (7.6) years with a follow-up of 80.7 (45.1) days were included. The 30 and 90-day mortality were 21 (23.9%) and 42 (47.7%), respectively; the commonest cause being sepsis in 22 (48.9%) patients. Survival probabilities for mDF < 32 and mDF > 32 were 100% and 42.25% ± 4.46%, respectively ( = .001). The mean (SD) scores of mDF, MELD and GAHS were significantly higher in deceased patients 70.8 (26.5), 23.4 (5.2), 8.1 (1.01), respectively, as compared to those who survived 40.8 (23.1), 18.9 (5.1), 7.3 (0.9), respectively;  = .001. ABIC and MAGIC scores were higher among the deceased, but were not significant. mDF had the best predictive AUROC value 0.872, followed by MELD 0.772, and MAGIC 0.626, respectively. mDF was significantly superior in comparison to MAGIC score ( < .001).

Conclusion: This study showed that mDF had a better predictive performance than other scoring systems in patients with AH.

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