Participants were included if they had a positive HIV antibody test (ELISA, confirmed by Western blot), had two or more affirmative responses to the CAGE (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye opener) alcohol screening questionnaire [10] or by physician-investigator diagnosis of alcoholism, spoke...
significant association between risk of atherogenesis and HBV infection patients [5,6]. One previous study from a population of high HBV prevalence further expressed that HBV serological markers including hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B surface antibody, hepatitis B e antigen, hepatitis B e ...
The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) pregnant women; (2) patients with active UC (defined as having any of the following: partial Mayo score of >2 with individual subscores > 1, or C-reactive protein ≥ 10 mg/L or fecal calprotectin of ≥250 ug/g); (3) patients with ...