People with diabetes or high alcohol intake after hepatitis C cure are less likely to experience reductions in liver fibrosis after hepatitis C cure and remained at higher risk of severe liver fibrosis while high coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of severe liver fibrosis, a review of the French HEPATHER cohort has found.
The study looked at factors associated with severe liver fibrosis before and after hepatitis C cure. French researchers wanted to identify whether any social or behavioural factors put people at higher risk of severe liver fibrosis and the characteristics of those likely to be at higher risk of severe liver fibrosis after hepatitis C cure. People at higher risk of severe fibrosis after being cured need regular monitoring for progression of liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).
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