Risk of Acute Liver Injury After Statin Initiation by Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Status
Byrne DD, Tate JP, Forde KA, Lim JK, Goetz MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Bedimo R, Freiberg MS, Justice AC, Kostman JR, Roy JA, Re V. Risk of Acute Liver Injury After Statin Initiation by Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Status. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 65: 1542-1550. PMID: 29020184, PMCID: PMC5850026, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere acute liver injuryAcute liver injuryHuman immunodeficiency virusStatin initiatorsLower riskHCV statusCohort studyHazard ratioStatin nonusersLiver injuryUninfected personsImmunodeficiency virusChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection statusHIV/HCV-coinfected patientsPropensity score-adjusted hazard ratiosHIV/HCV statusHepatitis C virus infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyC virus infectionAging Cohort StudyConfidence intervalsVirus infection statusDevelopment of liverAminotransferase elevationRisk of Acute Liver Injury With Antiretroviral Therapy by Viral Hepatitis Status
Gowda C, Newcomb CW, Liu Q, Carbonari DM, Lewis JD, Forde KA, Goldberg DS, Reddy KR, Roy JA, Marks AR, Schneider JL, Kostman JR, Tate JP, Lim JK, Justice AC, Goetz MB, Corley DA, Re V. Risk of Acute Liver Injury With Antiretroviral Therapy by Viral Hepatitis Status. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: ofx012. PMID: 28470014, PMCID: PMC5407218, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere acute liver injuryAcute liver injuryViral hepatitis statusAntiretroviral therapyHepatitis statusAminotransferase elevationHazard ratioLiver aminotransferasesLiver injuryHigh riskHIV/viral hepatitisKaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitorAbacavir/lamivudineProtease inhibitor useTenofovir/emtricitabineAging Cohort StudyHuman immunodeficiency virusRisk of hepatotoxicityConfidence intervalsReverse transcriptase inhibitorART initiationCoinfected PatientsART regimens