2015
Liver Fibrosis Progression in Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Seroconversion
Butt AA, Yan P, Re V, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Leaf D, Freiberg MS, Klein MB, Justice AC, Sherman KE. Liver Fibrosis Progression in Hepatitis C Virus Infection After Seroconversion. JAMA Internal Medicine 2015, 175: 178-185. PMID: 25485735, PMCID: PMC5017246, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of cirrhosisLiver fibrosis progressionHepatic decompensation eventsDevelopment of cirrhosisFibrosis progressionHCV controlHepatic decompensationDecompensation eventsLiver fibrosisNegative HCV antibody test resultPositive HCV RNA test resultLower mean body mass indexHCV antibody test resultHCV RNA test resultsNational Veterans Affairs databaseHepatitis C virus infectionMean body mass indexHigher serum aminotransferase levelsHCV Infected VeteransRNA test resultsC virus infectionFIB-4 scoreFibrosis-4 indexSerum aminotransferase levelsMonths of follow
2013
Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces the Rate of Hepatic Decompensation Among HIV- and Hepatitis C Virus–Coinfected Veterans
Anderson JP, Tchetgen E, Re V, Tate JP, Williams PL, Seage GR, Horsburgh CR, Lim JK, Goetz MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Klein MB, Justice AC. Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces the Rate of Hepatic Decompensation Among HIV- and Hepatitis C Virus–Coinfected Veterans. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2013, 58: 719-727. PMID: 24285848, PMCID: PMC3922212, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit779.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virusInitiation of ARTAntiretroviral therapyHepatic decompensationHazard ratioVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortHIV/HCV-coinfected patientsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfectionEnd-stage liver diseaseHepatic decompensation eventsIncident hepatic decompensationLiver disease outcomesCombination antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus coinfectionHospital discharge diagnosisSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisCopies/mLMarginal structural modelsART initiationART regimenDecompensation eventsHIV RNAVariceal hemorrhageBacterial peritonitisLiver failure
2011
Validity of diagnostic codes and liver‐related laboratory abnormalities to identify hepatic decompensation events in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study
Re V, Lim JK, Goetz MB, Tate J, Bathulapalli H, Klein MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Kidwai F, Brandt C, Dorey‐Stein Z, Reddy KR, Justice AC. Validity of diagnostic codes and liver‐related laboratory abnormalities to identify hepatic decompensation events in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2011, 20: 689-699. PMID: 21626605, PMCID: PMC3131229, DOI: 10.1002/pds.2148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHepatic decompensation eventsPositive predictive valueHigh positive predictive valueLaboratory abnormalitiesAging Cohort StudyDecompensation eventsDiagnostic codesCohort studyHepatic decompensationVariceal hemorrhageOutpatient diagnostic codesChronic liver diseaseSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisImpact of medicationLiver dysfunctionBacterial peritonitisLiver diseaseMedical recordsOutpatient codesPredictive valueNatural historyAbnormalitiesEpidemiologic researchPatients