2024
Risk Score for Hepatocellular Cancer in Adults Without Viral Hepatitis or Cirrhosis
Ilagan-Ying Y, Gordon K, Tate J, Lim J, Torgersen J, Re V, Justice A, Taddei T. Risk Score for Hepatocellular Cancer in Adults Without Viral Hepatitis or Cirrhosis. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2443608. PMID: 39504020, PMCID: PMC11541635, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClassification of DiseasesBody mass indexRisk scoreNinth Revision and International Statistical Classification of DiseasesMass indexAlcohol useInternational Statistical Classification of DiseasesStatistical Classification of DiseasesElectronic health recordsNon-Hispanic blacksInternational Classification of DiseasesNon-Hispanic whitesClinical Modification diagnosisHepatocellular carcinoma risk scoreRisk of hepatocellular carcinomaCox proportional hazards regression modelsValidation sampleHigh-risk individualsProportional hazards regression modelsHCC risk factorsFIB-4Multivariate risk scoreHepatocellular carcinomaHazards regression modelsViral hepatitis
2022
Statin exposure is associated with reduced development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in a Veterans Affairs cohort
Mahmud N, Chapin S, Goldberg DS, Reddy KR, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. Statin exposure is associated with reduced development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in a Veterans Affairs cohort. Journal Of Hepatology 2022, 76: 1100-1108. PMID: 35066085, PMCID: PMC9018495, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.12.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic liver failureStatin exposureLiver failureStatin useCohort studyChronic liver failure developmentInverse probability treatment weightingProportional hazards regression modelsDoses of statinsVeterans Affairs cohortRetrospective cohort studyChronic liver diseaseHazards regression modelsLarge national cohortVeterans Health AdministrationNumerous beneficial effectsMarginal structural modelsMedian followStatin therapyLiver diseaseNational cohortACLFTreatment weightingCirrhosisPatients