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Previous exposure to HCV among persons born during 1945-1965: prevalence and
predictors, United States, 1999-2008
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Smith BD
; Beckett GA
; Yartel A
; Holtzman D
; Patel N
; Ward JW
Am J Public Health
2014[Mar]; 104
(3
): 474-81
PMID24432883
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OBJECTIVES: We examined HCV exposure prevalence and predictors among persons in
the United States born during 1945-1965. METHODS: With data from the 1999-2008
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we calculated the proportion of
persons born during 1945-1965 who tested positive for HCV antibody (anti-HCV) and
analyzed the prevalence by sociodemographic and behavioral risk factors. RESULTS:
Anti-HCV prevalence in the 1945-1965 birth cohort was 3.2% (95% confidence
interval [CI]?=?2.8%, 3.8%), substantially higher than among other adults (0.9%).
Within the cohort, anti-HCV prevalence was higher among non-Hispanic Blacks
(6.4%; 95% CI?=?5.3%, 7.7%), persons with injection drug use histories (56.8%;
95% CI?=?48.4%, 64.8%), and persons with elevated alanine aminotransferase levels
(12.7%; 95% CI?=?10.7%, 15.1%). Injection drug use (adjusted odds ratio?=?98.4;
95% CI?=?58.8, 164.5) was the strongest anti-HCV prevalence predictor. Among
anti-HCV-positive persons, 57.8% reported having 2 or more alcoholic drinks
daily. CONCLUSIONS: With the high prevalence of HCV among persons born during
1945-1965, the increasing morbidity and mortality associated with HCV, and
reductions in liver cancer and HCV-related mortality when HCV is eradicated, it
is critically important to identify persons with HCV and link them to appropriate
care.
|*Hepacivirus
[MESH]
|Adult
[MESH]
|Aged
[MESH]
|Cohort Studies
[MESH]
|Confidence Intervals
[MESH]
|Female
[MESH]
|Forecasting
[MESH]
|Health Surveys
[MESH]
|Hepatitis C Antibodies/*isolation & purification
[MESH]