2019
Setting ambitious targets for surveillance and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C related cirrhosis impacts the cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular cancer surveillance and substantially increases life expectancy: A modeling study
Uyei J, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Chapko M, Stevens ER, Braithwaite RS. Setting ambitious targets for surveillance and treatment rates among patients with hepatitis C related cirrhosis impacts the cost-effectiveness of hepatocellular cancer surveillance and substantially increases life expectancy: A modeling study. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0221614. PMID: 31449554, PMCID: PMC6709904, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioCost-effectiveness ratioHCC treatmentLife expectancyDifferent surveillance intervalsDecision-analytic Markov modelHepatitis C virusCause of deathAspirational scenarioCurrent HCVHCC surveillanceHCC incidenceHepatitis CSurveillance intervalsC virusCancer surveillanceVeteran outcomesLower incidenceStudy groupHCVTreatment useCirrhosisEpidemiologic studiesPatientsCompliance rate
2010
High incidence of cholesterol gallstone disease in type 1 Gaucher disease: characterizing the biliary phenotype of type 1 Gaucher disease
Taddei TH, Dziura J, Chen S, Yang R, Hyogo H, Sullards C, Cohen DE, Pastores G, Mistry PK. High incidence of cholesterol gallstone disease in type 1 Gaucher disease: characterizing the biliary phenotype of type 1 Gaucher disease. Journal Of Inherited Metabolic Disease 2010, 33: 291-300. PMID: 20354791, PMCID: PMC3008397, DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9070-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of gallstonesType 1 Gaucher diseaseBody mass indexBile lipid analysisGaucher diseaseLipoprotein cholesterolHigh low-density lipoprotein cholesterolLow high-density lipoprotein cholesterolHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterolLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolMultiple logistic regression analysisType 1 Gaucher's diseaseBile lipid compositionBiliary lipid secretionCholesterol gallstone diseaseLogistic regression analysisMetabolic syndromeGallstone diseaseLDL cholesterolStudy cohortLipoprotein profileMass indexFemale sexBile compositionBiliary lipids