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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2014; 20(32): 11033-11053
Published online Aug 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11033

Table 1 Factors contributing to fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C

Non-modifiable	Modifiable
Duration of HCV infection	High alcohol consumption (≥ 20-50 g/d)
Older age at infection	Insulin resistance
Male sex	Obesity
Presence of baseline fibrosis	Metabolic syndrome
HIV or HBV co-infection	Daily cannabis use
Infection with HCV genotype 3
Gene polymorphisms involved in iron overload/inflammatory pathways
Latin ethnicity

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.

Citation: Sebastiani G, Gkouvatsos K, Pantopoulos K. Chronic hepatitis C and liver fibrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(32): 11033-11053
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i32/11033.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11033

Sebastiani G, Gkouvatsos K, Pantopoulos K. Chronic hepatitis C and liver fibrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(32): 11033-11053 [PMID: 25170193 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i32.11033]

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