Cardiovascular disease risk in patients with hepatitis C infection: Results from two general population health surveys in Canada and the United States (2007-2017).
The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is controversial. The objective of the present study is to estimate the 10-year risk of CVD in HCV- positive subjects and describe their profile of cardiometabolic risk markers compared to HCV-negati...
Main Authors: | Alaa Badawi, Giancarlo Di Giuseppe, Paul Arora |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208839 |
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