Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in Caucasian patients with non-viral cirrhosis: the importance of prior obesity.
Isabelle ArchambeaudHélène AublePierre NahonLucie PlancheGuillaume FallotRoger FarouxJérôme GournayDidier SamuelSébastien KüryCyrille FérayPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2015)
Beside diabetes, male gender and age, a past history of obesity, but not an existing overweight, as well as exposure to tobacco and elevated transaminases were three risk factors which could improve the strategy for HCC screening in Caucasian cirrhotic patients without hepatitis B or C.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- risk factors
- insulin resistance
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- high fat diet induced
- cardiovascular disease
- african american
- sars cov
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- physical activity
- adipose tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- body mass index
- patient reported