The contribution of health risk behaviors to excess mortality in American adults with chronic hepatitis C: A population cohort‐study
Abstract
In resource-rich countries, chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is associated with a sizeable excess mortality risk. The extent to which this is due to (1) the biological sequelae of CHC infection versus (2) a high concomitant burden of health risk behaviors (HRBs) is unclear. We used data from the 1999-2010 U.S. National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys (NHANES), which include detailed information on HRBs and CHC infection status. We...
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Title
The contribution of health risk behaviors to excess mortality in American adults with chronic hepatitis C: A population cohort‐study
Published Date
Nov 16, 2017
Journal
Volume
67
Issue
1
Pages
97 - 107
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