Risk FactorsSan FranciscoTo examine the extent of hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) in an inner-city community, we determined the prevalence, incidence, and correlates of HBV seroreactivity in a representative sample of unmarried whites, African-Americans, and Hispanics living in San Francisco ...
Risk Factors for Incident Tuberculosis In bivariate analyses, male sex, HIV transmission risk factor other than heterosexual sex, earlier ART enrollment year, TDF-containing initial ART regimen, advanced WHO clinical stage at ART initiation, hepatitis B virus infection at ART in...
This cross-sectional study of MSM living in Toronto, Canada was performed to characterize the anal HPV genotype distribution and risk factors for anal HR-HPV infection and found a high prevalence of both HPV and HR-HPV infection in the anal canal. In particular, the rates of HR-HPV infection...
NAFLD is also associated with increased risk of fatal or non-fatal cardiovascular (CV) events, irrespective of concomitant risk factors, including diabetes [5, 6]. Liver biopsy and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are considered gold-standard for NAFLD diagnosis, yet ultrasonography is commonly...
We estimated the incidence of SAEs according to CD4 cell count and identify their risk factors in nevirapine-treated women. Methods All HIV-infected women who initiated nevirapine-containing regimen in the MTCT-Plus operational program in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, were eligible for this study. ...
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Discriminating the contribution of unmodifiable random intrinsic DNA replication errors (‘bad luck’) to cancer development from those of other factors is critical for understanding cancer in humans and for directing public resources aimed at reducing the burden of cancer. Here, we review and highlig...
Established risk factors for liver cancer include infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV), excessive alcohol consumption, aflatoxin consumption, obesity, and diabetes (McGlynn and London, 2011). Type II diabetes has been reported to confer a two- to four-fold risk ...