Ancestry and Risk of Hepatic Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients With HCV Infection.
Ancestry and Risk of Hepatic Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients With HCV Infection.
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HCV 感染患者的血统以及肝纤维化和炎症的风险。
DOI:
10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.024
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发表时间:
2019
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El-Serag,HashemB
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Thrift,AaronP;Liu,Yanhong;Tsavachidis,Spiridon;White,DonnaL;El-Serag,HashemB
MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study among NHW, black, and Hispanic male patients with chronic HCV infection from a single Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital. 5 Participants completed a study survey, underwent a blood draw and FibroSURE, and had anthropometric measurements taken. Patients with FibroSURE-determined fibrosis stage F3/F4–F4 were defined as advanced fibrosis cases. Those with F0–F3 were defined as mild fibrosis controls. We defined as advanced inflammatory activity cases those patients with inflammatory grades A2/A3–A3, and mild activity controls as those patients with inflammatory grades A0–A2.