TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors for HCC in contemporary cohorts of patients with cirrhosis
AU - Kanwal, Fasiha
AU - Khaderi, Saira
AU - Singal, Amit G.
AU - Marrero, Jorge A.
AU - Loo, Nicole
AU - Asrani, Sumeet K.
AU - Amos, Christopher I.
AU - Thrift, Aaron P.
AU - Gu, Xiangjun
AU - Luster, Michelle
AU - Al-Sarraj, Abeer
AU - Ning, Jing
AU - El-Serag, Hashem B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the National Cancer Institute (U01 CA23099, U01 CA230694, and R01CA186566), the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (RP150587), and in part by the Center for Gastrointestinal Development, Infection and Injury (P30 DK 56338). F. Kanwal and H. B. El‐Serag are investigators at the Veterans Administration Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (CIN 13‐413), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Background and Aims: Etiological risk factors for cirrhosis have changed in the last decade. It remains unclear to what extent these trends in cirrhosis risk factors have changed HCC risk. Approach and Results: We used data from two contemporary, prospective multiethnic cohorts of patients with cirrhosis: the Texas Hepatocellular Carcinoma Consortium Cohort and the Houston Veterans Administration Cirrhosis Surveillance Cohort. Patients with cirrhosis were enrolled from seven US centers and followed until HCC diagnosis, transplant, death, or June 30, 2021. We calculated the annual incidence rates for HCC and examined the effects of etiology, demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors on the risk of HCC. We included 2733 patients with cirrhosis (mean age 60.1 years, 31.3% women). At enrollment, 19.0% had active HCV, 23.3% had cured HCV, 16.1% had alcoholic liver disease, and 30.1% had NAFLD. During 7406 person-years of follow-up, 135 patients developed HCC at an annual incidence rate of 1.82% (95% CI, 1.51-2.13). The annual HCC incidence rate was 1.71% in patients with cured HCV, 1.32% in patients with alcoholic liver disease, and 1.24% in patients with NAFLD cirrhosis. Compared to patients with NAFLD, the risk of progression to HCC was 2-fold higher in patients with cured HCV (HR, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.24-3.35). Current smoking (HR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.01-2.63) and overweight/obesity (HR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.08-2.95) were also associated with HCC risk. Conclusions: HCC incidence among patients with cirrhosis was lower than previously reported. HCC risk was variable across etiologies, with higher risk in patients with HCV cirrhosis and lower risk in those with NAFLD cirrhosis. Current smoking and overweight/obesity increased HCC risk across etiologies.
AB - Background and Aims: Etiological risk factors for cirrhosis have changed in the last decade. It remains unclear to what extent these trends in cirrhosis risk factors have changed HCC risk. Approach and Results: We used data from two contemporary, prospective multiethnic cohorts of patients with cirrhosis: the Texas Hepatocellular Carcinoma Consortium Cohort and the Houston Veterans Administration Cirrhosis Surveillance Cohort. Patients with cirrhosis were enrolled from seven US centers and followed until HCC diagnosis, transplant, death, or June 30, 2021. We calculated the annual incidence rates for HCC and examined the effects of etiology, demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors on the risk of HCC. We included 2733 patients with cirrhosis (mean age 60.1 years, 31.3% women). At enrollment, 19.0% had active HCV, 23.3% had cured HCV, 16.1% had alcoholic liver disease, and 30.1% had NAFLD. During 7406 person-years of follow-up, 135 patients developed HCC at an annual incidence rate of 1.82% (95% CI, 1.51-2.13). The annual HCC incidence rate was 1.71% in patients with cured HCV, 1.32% in patients with alcoholic liver disease, and 1.24% in patients with NAFLD cirrhosis. Compared to patients with NAFLD, the risk of progression to HCC was 2-fold higher in patients with cured HCV (HR, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.24-3.35). Current smoking (HR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.01-2.63) and overweight/obesity (HR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.08-2.95) were also associated with HCC risk. Conclusions: HCC incidence among patients with cirrhosis was lower than previously reported. HCC risk was variable across etiologies, with higher risk in patients with HCV cirrhosis and lower risk in those with NAFLD cirrhosis. Current smoking and overweight/obesity increased HCC risk across etiologies.
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U2 - 10.1002/hep.32434
DO - 10.1002/hep.32434
M3 - Article
C2 - 35229329
AN - SCOPUS:85126870404
SN - 0270-9139
VL - 77
SP - 997
EP - 1005
JO - Hepatology
JF - Hepatology
IS - 3
ER -