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We aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of a new prognostic score, the albumin\u2010bilirubin (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content>) score, among <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In a retrospective longitudinal cohort of 61 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>hinese <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PBC<\/jats:styled-content> patients with follow\u2010up period up to 18.3 years, the prognostic performance of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content> in prediction of hepatic events was compared with other well\u2010established prognostic scores: <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>hild\u2013<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>ugh score, model of end\u2010stage liver disease, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>ayo risk score, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">Y<\/jats:styled-content>ale, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">E<\/jats:styled-content>uropean, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>ewcastle models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fifteen patients (24.6%) developed hepatic events during follow\u2010up. The c\u2010index (0.894) and \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> by likelihood ratio test (36.34) of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content> score were highest in comparison to other models. The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content> score was the only independent prognostic factor by multivariate analysis and its adjusted hazard ratio of developing hepatic event was 27.8 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). There were three prognostically different groups stratified by the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content> score: <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content> grade 1 (\u2264\u2009\u22122.60), grade 2 (&gt;\u2009\u22122.60 to \u22121.39), and grade 3 (&gt;\u2009\u22121.39) groups. The 2\u2010, 5\u2010, and 10\u2010year event\u2010free survivals for grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 groups were 100.0% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 100.0% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 57.1%, 100.0% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 88.5% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 14.3%, and 100.0% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 81.7% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 0.0%, respectively (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ALBI<\/jats:styled-content> score is readily derived from a blood test without using those factors evaluated subjectively or obtained by invasive procedures. 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