WANG Weimei,WANG Lidan,MENG Jia,et al.Influencing factors for poor prognosis of drug-induced liver injury in Chinese population: a systematic review[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2026,37(05):665-669.
WANG Weimei,WANG Lidan,MENG Jia,et al.Influencing factors for poor prognosis of drug-induced liver injury in Chinese population: a systematic review[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2026,37(05):665-669. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2026.05.20.
Influencing factors for poor prognosis of drug-induced liver injury in Chinese population: a systematic review
To systematically evaluate the influencing factors affecting the poor prognosis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in the Chinese population, and to provide evidence-based support for early identification and interventions of DILI.
METHODS
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Retrieved from PubMed, Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang database, China biomedical medicine database (CBM) and VIP, clinical studies (case-control studies, cohort studies) related to influencing factors for poor prognosis of DILI were collected from inception to May 31, 2025. After literature screening, data extraction and quality evaluation of included studies, meta-analysis was carried out by using RevMan 5.4 software.
RESULTS
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A total of 17 literature were included, involving 4 078 DILI patients, of whom 673 were in the poor prognosis group and 3 405 were in the favorable prognosis group. Meta-analysis showed that history of liver disease (OR=2.47, 95%CI was 1.61-3.78,
P
<0.001), alcohol drinking history (OR=1.77, 95%CI was 1.22-2.56,
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=0.003), Chinese herbal medicine/Chinese patent medicine (OR=1.87, 95%CI was 1.30-2.70,
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<0.001), non-hepatocellular injury type (OR=1.70, 95%CI was 1.37-2.10,
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<0.001), international normalized ratio (INR) elevated (OR=2.51, 95%CI was 1.97-3.19,
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<0.001), and alanine transamine (ALT) elevated (OR=1.27, 95%CI was 1.14-1.41,
P
<0.001) were risk factors of poor prognosis in DILI. Higher albumin (ALB) level (OR=0.47, 95%CI was 0.39-0.57,
P
<0.001), elevated prothrombin activity (PTA) (OR=0.88, 95%CI was 0.85-0.91,
P
<0.001) and more than 2 kinds of hepatoprotective drugs (OR=0.62, 95%CI was 0.41-0.95,
P
=0.030) were protective factors for poor prognosis of DILI.
CONCLUSIONS
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Patients with alcohol drinking history, history of liver disease, elevated INR, elevated ALT, taking Chinese herbal medicine/Chinese patent medicine, and non-hepatocellular injury type of DILI have a greater risk of poor prognosis, and higher ALB level, higher PTA and more than 2 kinds of hepatoprotective drugs can reduce the risk of poor prognosis of DILI.
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