2023
HCC is associated with diabetes and longitudinal blood glucose control in a national cohort with cirrhosis
Mezzacappa C, Mahmud N, Serper M, John B, Taddei T, Kaplan D. HCC is associated with diabetes and longitudinal blood glucose control in a national cohort with cirrhosis. Hepatology Communications 2023, 7: e0344. PMID: 38055642, PMCID: PMC10984661, DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate of HCCBlood glucose controlBG controlIncident HCCGlucose controlCox proportional hazards regressionEtiology of cirrhosisProportional hazards regressionUnited States veteransHemoglobin A1c measurementsCirrhosis careHgb A1cHCC ratesHazards regressionNational cohortHCC riskA1c measurementStates veteransCirrhosisHigh riskDiabetesSustained controlHCCControl stateCohort
2015
Development and Performance of an Algorithm to Estimate the Child-Turcotte-Pugh Score From a National Electronic Healthcare Database
Kaplan DE, Dai F, Aytaman A, Baytarian M, Fox R, Hunt K, Knott A, Pedrosa M, Pocha C, Mehta R, Duggal M, Skanderson M, Valderrama A, Taddei TH, Group V. Development and Performance of an Algorithm to Estimate the Child-Turcotte-Pugh Score From a National Electronic Healthcare Database. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2015, 13: 2333-2341.e6. PMID: 26188137, PMCID: PMC4655141, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCTP scoreAdministrative databasesChild-TurcottePugh scoreVeterans Health Administration Corporate Data WarehouseLaboratory dataCox proportional hazards regressionSeverity of ascitesTransplant-free survivalSeverity IndexInternational normalized ratioClinical laboratory valuesHarrell's C-statisticProportional hazards regressionDiseases version 9U.S. Veterans Health AdministrationVeterans Health AdministrationMulticenter collaborative studyLarge administrative databaseLong-term survivalDisease severity scoreValidity of diagnosesCorporate Data WarehouseElectronic healthcare databasesCommon Procedural Terminology
2004
Impact of body mass index on graft failure and overall survival following liver transplant*
Rustgi VK, Marino G, Rustgi S, Halpern MT, Johnson LB, Tolleris C, Taddei TH. Impact of body mass index on graft failure and overall survival following liver transplant*. Clinical Transplantation 2004, 18: 634-637. PMID: 15516235, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00141.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElevated body mass indexBody mass indexLower body mass indexLikelihood of deathMass indexLiver transplantLiver transplantationGraft failureImpact of BMIHigher body mass indexGraft failure rateNumber of comorbiditiesOrgan Sharing databaseOverall survival rateProportional hazards regressionRisk of deathOverall survivalSharing databaseHazards regressionUnited NetworkRisk factorsBMI valuesPatientsSurvival rateDecreased likelihood