1. Distinguishing between the complications of Wilson disease-related cirrhosis and HBV-related cirrhosis.
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Zhong HJ, Zhuang YP, Zhang YT, Xu SP, Hong MF, and He XX
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- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Hepatitis B virus, Humans, Liver Cirrhosis epidemiology, Liver Cirrhosis etiology, Esophageal and Gastric Varices epidemiology, Esophageal and Gastric Varices etiology, Hepatolenticular Degeneration complications, Hepatolenticular Degeneration diagnosis, Hepatolenticular Degeneration epidemiology
- Abstract
Objective: Complications affect the outcome of patients with cirrhosis. The favorable prognosis of patients with Wilson disease (WD)-related cirrhosis suggests that its complications differ from those of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection-related cirrhosis. We aimed to delineate the differences in complications between WD-related and HBV-related cirrhosis., Methods: The electronic-medical data from patients with WD-related and HBV-related cirrhosis were extracted and analyzed., Results: In total, 211 patients with WD-related cirrhosis and 374 patients with HBV-related cirrhosis were enrolled. Most patients with WD progressed to cirrhosis <10 years after disease onset, whereas those with HBV infection often progressed after >10 years. Patients with WD-related cirrhosis had a markedly lower prevalence of ascites (8.5% vs . 38.5%), gastroesophageal varices/variceal bleeding (13.3% vs . 47.6%), renal impairment (0 vs . 7.6%) and primary liver cancer (0 vs . 39.3%; all p < .001) than those with HBV-related cirrhosis. After adjustment for potential confounders, patients with WD-related cirrhosis carried a lower risk of varices/variceal bleeding., Conclusions: Although patients with WD progressed to cirrhosis much faster, the prevalence of complications from WD-related cirrhosis was low. Patients with WD-related cirrhosis were less likely to develop gastroesophageal varices/variceal bleeding than those with HBV-related cirrhosis.
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- 2022
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