High serum levels of HDV RNA are predictors of cirrhosis and liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis delta

Raffaella Romeo; Barbara Foglieni; Giovanni Casazza; Marta Spreafico; Massimo Colombo; Daniele Prati

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092062

High serum levels of HDV RNA are predictors of cirrhosis and liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis delta

Raffaella Romeo, Barbara Foglieni, Giovanni Casazza, Marta Spreafico, Massimo Colombo, Daniele Prati

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda- Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

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Chronic infection with the hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a risk factor for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but little is known whether the outcome of hepatitis is predicted by serum markers of HDV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The aim of the study was to investigate these correlations in 193 patients with chronic HDV infection who had been followed up for a median of 9.5 years (4.8-19.3). HDV-RNA was first measured by qualitative in-house nested RT-PCR and quantified by in-house real-time PCR. HDV RNA levels only appeared significantly associated to HCC (univariate analysis: OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.02-1.71; p = 0.037; multivariate analysis: OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.04-1.95; p = 0.03). In non-cirrhotics at first presentation (n = 105), HDV RNA levels were associated with progression to cirrhosis (univariate analysis: OR = 1.57, 95% CI 1.20-2.05, p

Original language	English
Article number	e92062
Journal	PLoS One
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092062
Publication status	Published - Mar 21 2014

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