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Etiological factors of chronic hepatitis in Italy: a 2014 national survey
- Source :
- European journal of gastroenterologyhepatology. 29(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background The last Italian prevalence survey on chronic hepatitis (CH) conducted in 2001 showed that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) was the main agent associated with CH. Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiological changes in CH occurring after 13 years. Patients and methods Enrollment of 1392 CH consecutive patients referred to 16 Italian liver units in 2014 scattered all over the country (four in the North, four in the Center, four in the South, and four in the Islands) was performed. Results The mean age of the patients was 58.3 years, with a sex ratio (male/female) of 1.5. HCV infection (also with other etiologies) continues to be the most prevalent etiology (58.1%). However, this prevalence was lower (P
- Subjects :
- nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Time Factors
Time Factor
Adolescent
Hepatitis C virus
medicine.disease_cause
metabolic syndrome
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
chronic hepatiti
Risk Factors
Epidemiology
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
medicine
Prevalence
Humans
Aged
Hepatitis, Chronic
Hepatitis
Aged, 80 and over
Hepatology
business.industry
Risk Factor
Gastroenterology
Entecavir
Hepatitis C
Health Survey
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health Surveys
Italy
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Etiology
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
hepatitis C virus infection
business
Human
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14735687
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European journal of gastroenterologyhepatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....990912c46ad12fed3ceac24ba72aa9e2