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Characterisation of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the UK and risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma: a large electronic health record-based retrospective cohort study in the QResearch primary care database.

2022-09-02 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundWe 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). MethodsWe 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 proportional hazards modelling. FindingsMost of those living with CHB were males (60%) of non-White ethnicity (>70%), an...

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