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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Risk Factors Affect Liver-Related Outcomes After Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment for Hepatitis C.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jul 2021
Benhammou Jihane N, Moon Andrew M, Pisegna Joseph R, Su Feng, Vutien Philip, Moylan Cynthia A, Ioannou George N
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INTRODUCTION: In hepatitis C (HCV) patients, obesity and/or diabetes may increase the risk of liver-related outcomes. We aimed to determine whether diabetes and/or obesity are associated with adverse outcomes in direct-acting antiviral (DAA)-treated HCV patients. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 33,003 HCV-infected, DAA-treated Veterans between 2013 and 2015. Body mass index was used to categorize...
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