Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Risk of Stroke Types: A Prospective Cohort Study of 500 000 Chinese Adults.

Elizabeth M HamiltonLing Yang Neil Wright Iain Turnbull Alexander J Mentzer Philippa Clare Matthews Yiping Chen Huaidong Du Christiana Kartsonaki Yuanjie Pang Pei PeiHuizi TianXiaoming Yang Daniel Avery Canqing Yu Jun Lv Robert J Clarke Liming Li Iona Y Millwood Zhengming Chen

Published in: Stroke (2023)

Among Chinese adults, chronic hepatitis B virus infection is associated with an increased risk of ICH but not other stroke types, which may be mediated through liver dysfunction and altered lipid metabolism.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
fatty acid