Mortality among patients with cleared hepatitis C virus infection compared to the general population: a Danish nationwide cohort study

Lars Haukali Omland; Peer Brehm Christensen; Henrik Bygum Krarup; Peter Jepsen; Nina Weis; Henrik Toft Sørensen; Niels Obel; DANVIR Cohort Study; Jette Marie Bangsborg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022476

Mortality among patients with cleared hepatitis C virus infection compared to the general population: a Danish nationwide cohort study

Lars Haukali Omland, Peer Brehm Christensen, Henrik Bygum Krarup, Peter Jepsen, Nina Weis, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Niels Obel, DANVIR Cohort Study, Jette Marie Bangsborg

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Background: The increased mortality in HCV-infected individuals partly stems from viral damage to the liver and partly from risk-taking behaviours. We examined mortality in patients who cleared their HCV-infection, comparing it to that of the general population. We also addressed the question whether prognosis differed according to age, substance abuse (alcohol abuse and injection drug use) and comorbidity. Methodology/Principal Findings: Patients with cleared HCV-infection were categorized into one of 8 groups according to age (20-39 years or 40-69 years) and patient characteristics (no substance abuse/no comorbidity; substance abuse/no comorbidity; no substance abuse/comorbidity; and substance abuse/comorbidity). For each patient, 4 age- and gender-matched individuals without substance abuse or comorbidity were selected from the general population, comprising a total of 8 comparison cohorts. We analyzed 10-year survival and used stratified Cox Regression analysis to compute mortality rate ratios (MRRs), comparing mortality between the 8 patient groups and the comparison cohorts, adjusting for personal income. Among patients without substance abuse or comorbidity, those aged 40-69 years had the same mortality as the comparison cohort (10-year survival: 95% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 93%-97%), MRR: 1.3 (95% CI: 0.8-2.3)), whereas those aged 20-39 years had higher mortality than the comparison cohort (10-year survival: 93% versus 99%, MRR: 5.7 (95% CI: 2.3-14.0). For both age categories, substance abuse and comorbidity decreased survival and increased MRRs. Patients aged 40-69 years with substance abuse and comorbidity suffered from substantial mortality (MRR: 12.5 (95% CI: 5.1-30.6)). Conclusions: Mortality in patients aged 40-69 years with cleared HCV-infection is comparable to individuals without HCV, provided they have no substance abuse or comorbidity. Any substance abuse and/or comorbidity not captured in the registries used for our study could explain the increased mortality in patients aged 20-39 years without documented substance abuse or comorbidity.

Original language	English
Journal	P L o S One
Volume	6
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	e22476
ISSN	1932-6203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022476
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Adult
Alcoholism
Cause of Death
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Denmark
Female
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Incidence
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Substance Abuse, Intravenous

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Mortality among patients with cleared hepatitis C virus infection compared to the general population: a Danish nationwide cohort study

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