[PDF] Top 20 Hepatitis B Virus Infection and the Risk of Male Infertility: A Population-Based Analysis

... ensure the accuracy of diagnoses. The use of ICD-9 coding in epidemiological studies has also been suggested to introduce a severity bias in which patients with a given diagnosis ... See full document

... HBV infection do not exhibit clinical symptoms and might not seek medical ...asymptomatic hepatitis infection in our non-HBV ...viral hepatitis infection is associated causally ... See full document

... steroid and estrogen usage. Accordingly, we have adjusted comorbidities of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, stroke, obesity, cirrhosis, chronic kidney disease and thyroid ... See full document

... HCV infection, and other comorbid medical conditions (Deyo’s Charlson Comorbidity Index) were made based on International Classification of Disease codes and, therefore, may be less ... See full document

... cohort. The history of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, ischemic heart disease, alcohol-related diseases and obesity was based on medical claims in this study and might be ... See full document

... nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted in an area with high prevalence of both HCV and PAD ...control the effects of age, gender, urbanization ... See full document

... effect of alcohol intake on the coagulation system is complex. On the one hand, alcohol intake has an antithrombotic effect through decreasing platelet aggregation, lowering the level ... See full document

... calculated the incidence density based on person-years according to sex, age and comorbidity in the IBD cohort and non-IBD ...univariable and multivariable Cox proportional ... See full document

... 23-27 The seroclearance of HBsAg is considered as a cure for HBV infection, and patients with the HBsAg loss had a favorable clinical ...28 The quantification ... See full document

... nationwide, population-based cohort study conducted in an area where both viral hepatitis and oral cavity cancer are endemic, significant risk of developing oral cavity cancer ... See full document

... using the methods of Paffenbarger et al, 12 and computed as an estimate of energy expended in walking, climbing stairs, playing sports, yard work, and so ...use and smoking were ... See full document

... effect of obesity on bone metabolism is ...as a protective factor for osteoporosis, conferring a positive mechanical loading on bone ...supports the deteriorating effect of obesity on ... See full document

... Of the 9 children who were born after the vaccination program was instituted and tested positive for HBsAg, only 1 had not received the scheduled vaccinations, and the ... See full document

... results of a recent case-control study conducted by Larrey and his colleagues suggest that chronic HCV infection is not a strong promoter of breast carcinoma in adult females ... See full document

... strengths of the study are the relatively large number of HIV/HBV-coinfected patients in a country with easy access to HIV and HBV care and the concomitant ... See full document

... vitamin B 2 might be helpful for these patients to minimize the disturbance of lipid ...stimulant, and its function is to cause a positive energy balance by decreasing fat utiliza- tion ... See full document

... one of the main causes of debilitation and death among ...resources and represent a greater health care burden than patients with ischemic ...20% of all strokes, 1–3 ... See full document

... The hepatitis B virus infection is the invisible killer of pathological changes of liver, and endangered people's health for a long ...genotypes ... See full document

... is a biological curb on excess ...between the prevalence of the mutant ALDH2*2 alleles and hepatitis B virus (HBV) ...demonstrate a high ALDH2*2 prevalence ... See full document

... % of the study subjects had college ...was a significant risk factor for HCV infection even after adjustment for multiple potential confounding ...HCV infection by blood ... See full document