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Natural history of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Poynard, Thierry, Bedossa, Pierre, Opolon, Pierre·1997·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)07642-8
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Background Our aim was to assess the natural history of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C and the factors associated with this progression. Methods We recruited 2235 patients from the Observatoire de l'Hépatite C (OBSVIRC) population, the Cohorte Hépatite C Pitié-Salpétrière (DOSVIRC) population, and the original METAVIR population. All the patients had a biopsy sample compatible with chronic hepatitis C as assessed by the METAVIR scoring system (grades the stage of fibrosis on a five-point scale, F0 = no fibrosis, F4 = cirrhosis, and histological activity on a four-point scale, A0 = no activity, A3 = severe activity). No patient had received interferon treatment before the liver biopsy sample was obtained. We assessed the effect of nine factors on fibrosis progression: age at biopsy; estimated duration of infection; sex; age at infection; alcohol consumption; hepatitis C virus C (HCV) genotype; HCV viraemia; cause of infection; and histological activity grade. We defined fibrosis progression per year as the ratio between fibrosis stage in METAVIR units and the duration of infection (1 unit = one stage, 4 units = cirrhosis). Findings The median rate of fibrosis progression per year was 0.133 fibrosis unit (95% CI 0.125-0.143), which was similar to the estimates from previous studies (0.146 to 0.154). Three independent factors were associated with an increased rate of fibrosis progression: age at infection older than 40 years, daily alcohol consumption of 50 g or more, and male sex. There was no association between fibrosis progression and HCV genotype. The median estimated duration of infection for progression to cirrhosis was 30 years (28-32), ranging from 13 years in men infected after the age of 40 to 42 years in women who did not drink alcohol and were infected before the age of 40. Without treatment, 377 (33%) patients had an expected median time to cirrhosis of less than 20 years, and 356 (31%) will never progress to cirrhosis or will not progress for at least 50 years. Interpretation The host factors of ageing, alcohol consumption, and male sex have a stronger association with fibrosis progression than virological factors in HCV infection.

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Authors
Poynard, T., Bedossa, P., & Opolon, P.
Affiliations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Poynard, Thierry
ORCID
Poynard, Thierry
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-03
Volume
349
Issue
9055
Pages
825-832
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(96)07642-8
OpenAlex
W2132290252
Cited by
3,011
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24
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FWCI
60.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer
  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
  • Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatitis C virus research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
Keywords
chronic hepatitis C, liver fibrosis progression, natural history (disease), METAVIR scoring, liver cirrhosis, age at infection, alcohol consumption, sex differences, HCV genotypes, HCV viraemia, host factors, infection duration, histological activity, liver biopsy
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Alcohol Drinking, Biopsy, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Hepatitis, Chronic, Hepatitis C, Humans, Liver, Liver Cirrhosis, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Time Factors, Prevalence, Disease Progression

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