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Analysis of electronic health record data of hepatitis B virus (HBV) patients in primary care: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk associated with socioeconomic deprivation and reduced by statins
2022-09-02
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> We set out to characterise chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) in the primary care population in England and investigate risk factors for progression to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). <h4>Methods</h4> We identified 8039 individuals with CHB in individuals aged ≥18 years between 1999-2019 in the English primary care database QResearch. HCC risk factors were investigated using Cox propor...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1f149d03-5812-5ca1-8651-2c6a63356fe8
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.09.01.22279481
