Association between Body Mass Index and Diabetes and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  1. Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc; and
  2. Marc Ghany, MD
  1. From Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    We read with interest the article by Ikeda and colleagues (1) suggesting an association between antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) and risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. The investigators conducted a careful multivariable analysis using a Cox proportional hazards model and included …

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    1. Ann Intern Med January 15, 2008 vol. 148 no. 2 166-167
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