Prevalence and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.

Ho Soo ChunJae Seung LeeHye Won LeeBeom Kyung KimJun Yong ParkDo Young KimSang Hoon AhnSeung-Up Kim

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2021)

Significant liver fibrosis was independently associated with the risk of CVD history in patients with CHB. Prospective studies are needed to validate the longitudinal association between fibrotic burden and CVD development in patients with CHB.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
cardiovascular disease
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
type diabetes
case control
cross sectional
risk factors
hepatitis b virus
cardiovascular events
metabolic syndrome
coronary artery disease