Recommended Citation
Moorman AC, Rupp LB, Gordon SC, Zhong Y, Xing J, Lu M, Boscarino JA, Schmidt MA, Daida YG, Teshale EH, Spradling PR, Holmberg SD; CHeCS Investigators. Long-Term Liver Disease, Treatment, and Mortality Outcomes Among 17,000 Persons Diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Current Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study Status and Review of Findings. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2018 Jun;32(2):253-268.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Publication Title
Infectious disease clinics of North America
Abstract
Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS) publications using data from "real-world" patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have described demographic disparities in access to care; rates of advanced liver disease, morbidity, and mortality (2.5%-3.5% per year during 2006-10, although only 19% of all CHeCS decedents, and just 30% of those with deaths attributed to liver disease, had HCV listed on death certificate); substantial comorbidities, such as diabetes, advanced liver fibrosis (29% prevalence), renal disease, and depression, and partial reversal of all these with successful antiviral therapy; patient risk behaviors; and use of noninvasive markers to assess liver disease.
Medical Subject Headings
Adult; Aged; Antiviral Agents; Cohort Studies; Female; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis; Male; Middle Aged; Observational Studies as Topic; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Ribavirin; Time Factors; Young Adult
PubMed ID
29778254
Volume
32
Issue
2
First Page
253
Last Page
268
