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[The significance of anti-HBc and occult hepatitis B virus infection in the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with HBsAg and anti-HCV negative alcoholic cirrhosis].

Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
The Korean Journal of Hepatology 03/2008; 14(1):67-76. DOI:10.3350/kjhep.2008.14.1.67 pp.67-76
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ABSTRACT Alcohol and the hepatitis B virus (HBV) exert synergistic effects in hepatocelluar carcinogenesis. We aimed to elucidate the clinical significance of the antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) and occult HBV infection on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis (LC).
Patients with alcoholic LC alone (n=193) or combined with HCC (n=36), who did not have HBsAg or antibody to hepatitis C virus were enrolled. Clinical data and laboratory data including anti-HBc were investigated at enrollment. The polymerase chain reaction was applied to HBV DNA using sera of patients with HCC or LC after age and sex matching.
Patients with HCC were older (60+/-11 years vs. 53+/-10 years, mean+/-SD, P<0.001), more likely to be male (100% vs. 89%, P=0.03), and had a higher positive rate of anti-HBc (91.2% vs. 77.3%, P=0.067), and a higher alcohol intake (739+/-448 kg vs. 603+/-409 kg, P=0.076) than those with LC. Age was the only significant risk factor for HCC revealed by multiple logistic regression analysis (odds ratio, 1.056; P=0.003). The positive rate of anti-HBc and alcohol intake did not differ in age- and sex-matched subjects between the LC (n=32) and HCC (n=31) groups. However, the detection rate of serum HBV DNA was higher in the HCC group (48.4%) than in the LC group (0%, P<0.001).
Anti-HBc positivity is not a risk factor for HCC. However, occult HBV infection may be a risk factor for HCC in patients with alcoholic LC.

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Keywords

alcohol intake
 
alcoholic LC
 
alcoholic liver cirrhosis
 
Anti-HBc positivity
 
Clinical data
 
clinical significance
 
detection rate
 
HBV DNA
 
HCC group
 
hepatitis B core antigen
 
hepatitis B virus
 
hepatocellular carcinoma
 
higher alcohol intake
 
higher positive rate
 
laboratory data
 
LC group
 
occult HBV infection
 
positive rate
 
serum HBV DNA
 
sex-matched subjects