Association of Obesity, Diabetes, and Alcohol Use With Liver Fibrosis Among US Adults With Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Alexandra L Migdal; Ram Jagannathan; Emad Qayed; Kenneth Cusi; Rozalina G McCoy; Francisco J Pasquel; Lesley S Miller

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42282

Association of Obesity, Diabetes, and Alcohol Use With Liver Fibrosis Among US Adults With Hepatitis C Virus Infection

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Mar 1;5(3):e2142282. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42282.

Authors

Alexandra L Migdal¹, Ram Jagannathan², Emad Qayed³, Kenneth Cusi⁴, Rozalina G McCoy^{5

6}, Francisco J Pasquel¹, Lesley S Miller⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida.
⁵ Division of Community Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁶ Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁷ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the association of obesity, diabetes, and alcohol use with liver fibrosis among treatment-naive US adults with hepatitis C virus infection seen at a safety-net hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Diabetes Mellitus* / epidemiology
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C* / complications
Hepatitis C* / epidemiology
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / epidemiology
Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
Obesity / complications
Obesity / epidemiology

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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