Characteristics of liver cirrhosis in Italy: Evidence for a decreasing role of HCV aetiology

Characteristics of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Patients Related Liver Cirrhosis in a Tertiary Care Referral Hospital, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan

“…Out of 45 patients, 30 (66.7%), 12 (26.7%), and 3 (6.6%) patients were graded as Child's A, B, and C, respectively. The figure was in line with other studies [14]. This can be justified for hepatitis B patients as they undergo regular medical follow ups, which makes earlier detection of liver cirrhosis.…”

Gender differences in chronic liver diseases in two cohorts of 2001 and 2014 in Italy

“…In both studies, all patients aged 18 years or more were enrolled as inpatients or outpatients. The participating units were district general or university hospitals located all over the country; several of them participated in both surveys and have cooperated for nearly 15 years in several clinical investigations using a similar clinical approach and analytical methods [24][25][26][27][28]. The staff of the liver units participating in the two surveys collected the data prospectively, had comparable access procedures and used a similar clinical approach and similar analytical methods.…”

“…To obtain further information on gender differences in CLD we examined the pooled data of two Italian multicenter studies on the epidemiology and clinical presentation of CLD performed in 2001 on 9997 patients and in 2014 on 2755 patients [16,[24][25][26]. Changes occurring over time in inter-and intra-gender differences were also evaluated.…”

Mortality associated with hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infection: A nationwide study on multiple causes of death data

“…Moreover, clinical studies found that, although HCV infection still represents the main etiology for chronic liver disease in Italy, its role is declining in more recent years[15,16]. The present data suggest that the current burden of HCV-related disease among elderly Italians is still large, especially in Southern regions.…”