Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Age, and Hispanic Ethnicity Increase Mortality From Liver Cancer in the United States

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3284073	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2010	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

This population-based study showed that HCV infection and Hispanic ethnicity independently increase the risk for HCC-related mortality. All liver diseases, including NAFLD, increase the risk for non-HCC liver-related mortality.

Keywords

NAFLD CH-C NDI NHANES III HCC ALD alcoholic liver disease Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ICD Diabetes mellitus SEER Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey National Death Index International Classification of Diseases confidence interval Liver-related mortality Liver neoplasm hazard ratio chronic hepatitis C Hepatitis C virus HCV Hepatocelluar carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma