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Epidemiology
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Chronic hepatitis B virus infection and total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million people
Jiahui Si1, Canqing Yu1, Yu Guo2, Zheng Bian2, Ruogu Meng1, Ling Yang3, Yiping Chen3, Jianrong Jin4, Jingchao Liu4, Ziyan Guo5, Junshi Chen6, Zhengming Chen3, Jun Lv1,7, Liming Li1,2 on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group
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Abstract
Objectives Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with a higher risk of liver diseases. Substantial uncertainty remains, however, about the associations of HBV infection with mortality from extrahepatic causes, especially from subtypes of cardiovascular diseases. We prospectively examined the association of chronic HBV infection with total and cause-specific mortality.
Design Population-based prospective cohort study.
Setting China Kadoorie Biobank in which participants from 10 geographically diverse areas across China were enrolled between 2004 and 2008.
Participants 475 801 participants 30–79 years of age without reporting major chronic diseases at baseline were enrolled. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was tested using an on-site rapid test strip at baseline.
Primary and secondary outcome measures Total and cause-specific mortality.
Results A total of 35 822 deaths were recorded during ~10 years of follow-up. In multivariable-adjusted analyses, compared with HBsAg-negative participants, HBsAg-positive participants had an increased risk of total mortality (HR=2.01, 95% CI: 1.91 to 2.12), which was higher in men (HR=2.16, 95% CI: 2.01 to 2.31) than in women (HR=1.74, 95% CI: 1.60 to 1.90). Presence of HBsAg was associated with increased mortality from liver cancer (1339 deaths, HR=13.95, 95% CI: 12.46 to 15.62), infections (410 deaths, HR=10.30, 95% CI: 8.21 to 12.94), digestive diseases (688 deaths, HR=6.83, 95% CI: 5.49 to 8.50), intracerebral haemorrhage (4077 deaths, HR=1.38, 95% CI: 1.14 to 1.68) and ischaemic heart diseases (4624 deaths, HR=1.31, 95% CI: 1.09 to 1.58). The positive association between HBsAg status and risk of death was stronger in participants younger than 50 years, smokers, physically active or non-hypertensive participants.
Conclusions Among Chinese adults, chronic HBV infection was associated with increased mortality from a range of hepatic and extrahepatic diseases.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027696
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Strengths and limitations of this study
In this Chinese population, besides the significantly increased risk of death from liver cancer, infections and digestive diseases, we observed an increased risk of death due to intracerebral haemorrhage and ischaemic heart diseases associated with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
The results highlight the importance of health advice on quitting smoking and early screening for major chronic diseases in people with chronic HBV infection.
The prospective cohort design, large sample size and extended follow-up period allowed the present study to produce reliable risk estimates for total and various cause-specific mortality.
We used an on-site hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) rapid test that is convenient and repeatable but with low sensitivity for the lower sero-HBsAg level.
Lack of information about specific treatment and other serologic markers of HBV infection also led to limitations of the present study. |
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