Alcohol use disorders and the risk of progression of liver disease in people with hepatitis C virus infection - a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Liver cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases are usually compartmentalized into separate categories based on etiology (e.g., due to alcohol, virus infection, etc.), but it is important to study the intersection of, and possible interactions between, risk factors. The aim of this study is to summarize evidence on the association between alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and decompensated liver cirrhosis and other complications in patients with chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A systematic search of epidemiological studies was conducted using Ovid Medline databases in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses criteria. Relative Risk estimates were combined using random-effects meta-analyses. The proportion of cases with liver disease prog

SUBMITTER: Llamosas-Falcon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7325038 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature