Open AccessGreater prevalence of comorbidities with increasing age: Cross-sectional analysis of chronic hepatitis B patients in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Faisal M. Sanai,
Hamdan S. Alghamdi,
Khalid Alswat,
Mohammed A. Babatin,
Mona H Ismail,
Waleed Al–Hamoudi,
Abduljaleel Alalwan,
Yaser Dahlan,
Abdullah S Alghamdi,
Faleh Z. Al-Faleh,
Abdulrahman Aljumah,
Ibrahim Altraif,
Khalid Albeladi,
Faisal Batwa,
Waleed Alshumrani,
Drifa Belhadi,
V. Genestier,
Ayman A. Abdo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_447_18
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , hepatitis b , cross sectional study , cirrhosis , gastroenterology , population , kidney disease , chronic hepatitis , immunology , pathology , environmental health , virus
Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia to some extent, are endemic for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection which could be associated with high mortality and comorbidities risk. However, limited data characterizing this CHB population exists. Our aim was to characterize and compare CHB patients in 2015 with those in 2010 and 2012 in Saudi Arabia.