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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2019

Chronic hepatitis B and metabolic risk factors: A call for rigorous longitudinal studies.

Wai-Kay Seto

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. [Research progress of antiviral treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis B combined with metabolic fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2024
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  6. Signaling Induced by Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Dependence and Consequences.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Wai-Kay SetoDepartment of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Queen Mary Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is effective in suppressing viral replication and reducing liver-related complications. However, HBV-related liver events can still occur in different patient sub-groups. There is emerging evidence that, similar to chronic hepatitis C virus infection, metabolic risk factors may play a role in the disease process of chronic HBV. While the mechanistic nature of metabolic-HBV interactions remains uncertain, studies in different HBV-infected populations have demonstrated that hepatic steatosis, increased body-mass index, diabetes, or a combination of different metabolic risk factors are associated with an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis. The impact of metabolic risk factors is especially prominent in patients with quiescent virological activity, including on-treatment patients with effective viral suppression. As the proportion of on-treatment chronic HBV patients increases worldwide, longitudinal studies determining the relative risks of different metabolic parameters with respect to clinical outcomes are needed. Future studies should also determine if metabolic-directed interventions can improve disease outcomes in chronic HBV.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCarcinoma, HepatocellularHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusHumansLiverLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseTreatment OutcomeVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsBody-mass indexDiabetesHepatitis B virusNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseObesitySteatosis

Identifiers

PMID30686897
PMCPMC6343097
OpenAlexW2914376991

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