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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2022

Clinical Effect of Hepatitis B Virus on COVID-19 Infected Patients: A Nationwide Population-Based Study Using the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service Database.

Jung Wan Choe, Young Kul Jung, Hyung Joon Yim, Gi Hyeon Seo

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Outcomes of COVID-19 among patients with liver disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023
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  15. SARS-CoV-2 infection and liver involvement.Hepatology international · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jung Wan Choe *Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-5141
Young Kul Jung *Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-1382
Hyung Joon YimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea. gudwns21@korea.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-2754
Gi Hyeon SeoHealth Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Wonju, Korea. seogihyeon@hira.or.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7414-0258
Korea University · KRHealth Insurance Review and Assessment Service · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral studies have recently suggested that liver disease and cirrhosis were risk factors for poor outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. However, no large data study has reported the clinical course of COVID-19 patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. This study investigated whether HBV infection had negative impacts on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients.

methodsWe performed a nationwide population-based cohort study with 19,160 COVID-19-infected patients in 2020 from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment database. The clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients with chronic HBV infections were assessed and compared to those of non-HBV-infected patients.

resultsOf the 19,160 patients diagnosed with COVID-19, 675 (3.5%) patients had chronic HBV infections. The HBV-infected patients were older and had more commodities than the non-HBV infected COVID-19 patients. During the observation period, COVID-19-related mortality was seen in 1,524 (8.2%) of the non-HBV-infected 18,485 patients, whereas 91 (13.5%) in HBV-infected 675 patients died of COVID-19 infection. Compared to patients without HBV infections, a higher proportion of patients with chronic HBV infections required intensive care unit (ICU) admission and had organ failures. However, odds ratios for mortality, ICU admission, and organ failure were comparable between the two groups after adjusting for age, sex, and comorbid diseases including liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

conclusionCOVID-19-infected patients with HBV infections showed worse clinical courses than non-HBV-infected COVID-19 patients. However, after adjustment, chronic HBV infection itself does not seem to affect the clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

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Antiviral AgentsCell Line, TumorComorbidityCOVID-19FemaleHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOrgan Dysfunction ScoresSARS-CoV-2Treatment OutcomeAntiviral AgentsAntiviralChronic Hepatitis BCoronavirusCoronavirus Disease 2019COVID-19Risk FactorSARS-CoV-2

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