Autor: |
Tommaso Stroffolini, Evangelista Sagnelli, Angelo Andriulli, Guido Colloredo, Caterina Furlan, Giovanni Battista Gaeta, Filomena Morisco, Mario Pirisi, Floriano Rosina, Caterina Sagnelli, Antonina Smedile, Piero Luigi Almasio, EPACRON study group |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 11, p e0185710 (2017) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0185710 |
Popis: |
The joint effect of the interaction of alcohol intake, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) on the risk of cirrhosis is still unexplored because a large sample size is required for this investigation.Evaluation of interaction of HBV, HCV and alcohol abuse on the risk of cirrhosis.We analysed 12,262 consecutive patients with chronic liver disease of various aetiologies referring to 95 Italian liver units in 2001 or 2014. To evaluate the interaction between alcohol abuse, HBV infection, and HCV infection, patients unexposed to either factors were used as reference category. Adjustment for BMI and age was done by multiple logistic regression analysis.Females were older than males (p |
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