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25. Association of Alzhemier's disease with hepatitis C among patients with bipolar disorder.

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Huang, Chung-Chien, Lin, Herng-Ching, Xirasagar, Sudha, Lee, Hsin-Chien, and Chen, Chao-Hung

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*HEPATITIS, *BIPOLAR disorder, *ALZHEIMER'S disease risk factors, *MEDICAL screening, *AT-risk behavior, *TAIWANESE people, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *PATIENTS, *DISEASE risk factors, *DISEASES
Abstract

Associations of hepatitis C virus infection with Alzheimer’s disease have not been studied among higher risk, bipolar disorder patients. This population-based case-control study investigated the risks of hepatitis C virus infection among Alzheimer’s disease patients with bipolar disorder in the years preceding their Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. We used 2000–2013 data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database in Taiwan. Among patients with bipolar disorder, 73 were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (cases), who were compared with 365 individuals with bipolar disorder but without Alzheimer’s disease (randomly selected controls matched on sex, age, and index year with cases). Prior claims (before the diagnosis year/index year for controls) were screened for a diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection. Conditional logistic regression models were used for analysis. We found that 23 (31.51%) and 60 (16.44%) patients with bipolar disease were identified with a hepatitis C diagnosis among those with and without Alzheimer’s disease, respectively. Compared to controls, patients with Alzheimer’s disease showed 2.31-fold (95% confidence interval = 1.28–4.16) increased risk of hepatitis C infections adjusted for demographics and socio-economic status. Findings suggest an association of Alzheimer’s disease with a preceding diagnosis of hepatitis C infection among patients with bipolar disorder. Findings may suggest a need for increased awareness of and appropriate surveillance for Alzheimer’s disease in patients with bipolar disorder diagnosed with hepatitis C infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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