Open AccessLate Presentation for Care Among Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Janne Fuglsang Hansen,
Sofie Hallager,
Anne Øvrehus,
Nina Weis,
Peer Brehm Christensen,
Court Pedersen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx257
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic hepatitis , hepatitis c , pediatrics , immunology , virus
Patients with chronic hepatitis C may have advanced fibrosis at first evaluation. Using the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) definition (FibroScan® >9.5 kPa) for "late presenter for care" (LP), we found that 32% (169 of 527) of patients were LP. Being a LP was associated with increasing age and a history of alcohol overuse.
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