Mortality rates and risk factors in 1412 Japanese patients with decompensated hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis: a retrospective long-term cohort study

Autor: Shunichiro Fujiyama, Norio Akuta, Hitomi Sezaki, Mariko Kobayashi, Yusuke Kawamura, Tetsuya Hosaka, Masahiro Kobayashi, Satoshi Saitoh, Fumitaka Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Yasuji Arase, Kenji Ikeda, Hiromitsu Kumada
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Zdroj: BMC Gastroenterology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-230X
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-021-01770-0
Popis: Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan. We aimed to examine the long-term (> 20 years) mortality and hepatocellular carcinoma rates and associated risk factors in 1412 Japanese patients with decompensated hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis (Child–Pugh B or C). Methods Cumulative survival and hepatocellular carcinoma rates were determined using Kaplan–Meier analysis. Independent risk factors were identified by multivariate analysis. A two-tailed P-value of
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals
Nepřihlášeným uživatelům se plný text nezobrazuje