American Journal of Gastroenterology

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The Effect of HIV Coinfection on the Risk of Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in U.S. Veterans with Hepatitis C

Jennifer R Kramer, Thomas P Giordano, Julianne Souchek, Peter Richardson, Lu-Yu Hwang and Hashem B El-Serag

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Table 2. Incidence Rates, Incidence Rate Ratios, and Adjusted Hazard Ratios of Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 26,641 HCV-Only and 4,761 HIV Coinfected Veterans

 HIV and HCV CoinfectionHCV-OnlyHCV–HIV Coinfection vs HCV-Only
Outcome EventNumber of EventsIncidence Rate Per 1,000 Person-YearsNumber of EventsIncidence Rate Per 1,000 Person-YearsIncidence Rate Ratio (95% CI)Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Cirrhosis, entire cohort31815.92,09619.70.81 (0.72–0.91)0.99 (0.87–1.12)
Cirrhosis, pre-HAART era 4810.823110.11.07 (0.76–1.46)1.48 (1.06–2.07)*
Cirrhosis, HAART era11120.778822.40.92 (0.75–1.13)1.15 (0.93–1.41)
HCC, entire cohort271.32212.00.67 (0.43–0.99)0.84 (0.55–1.27)
HCC, HAART era122.2762.11.04 (0.51–1.92)1.21 (0.64–2.28)

 HCV = hepatitis C virus; CI = confidence interval; HAART = highly active antiretroviral therapy; HCC = hepatocellular carcinoma.

*  p-value = 0.0216, all other p-values >0.05

 Patients with an index hospitalization before October 1, 1996 with follow-up right censored; therefore, outcomes developing during the HAART era in these patients were not counted.

 Adjusted hazard ratios derived from separate multivariate Cox proportional hazards models. Cirrhosis models adjusted for age, race, sex, toxic hepatitis, coagulation disorder, chronic HBV, diabetes mellitus, drug dependence, and alcoholism. HCC models adjusted for age, race, sex, chronic HBV, diabetes, coagulation disorder, drug dependence, and alcoholism.

 HCC for pre-HAART era not shown due to small number of cases.

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