Targeting population groups with heavier burden of hepatocellular carcinoma incidence: A nationwide descriptive epidemiological study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Contemporary European studies examining associations between socioeconomic status and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence are scarce. We aimed to target population groups with a heavier burden of HCC by assessing associations of individual-level sociodemographic variables and neighbourhood deprivation with all-stage and stage-specific HCC incidence rates (IR). Patient and population data stratified by calendar year (2012-2018), sex, age (5-year groups), household income (low, medium and high), country of birth (Nordic, non-Nordic) and neighbourhood deprivation (national quintiles Q1-Q5) were retrieved from Swedish registers. HCC stages were defined by Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stages 0 to A (early-stage) and B to D (late-stage). IR (per 100 000 person-years) were estimated by Pois

SUBMITTER: Vaz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314808 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature