Naïve hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B patients are at risk of carotid atherosclerosis: A prospective study.

World J Gastroenterol · 2021 · PMC8384736 · PMID 34497439

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Overall, patients with HBV infection presented higher rates of both carotid plaques (20.9% vs 18.4%) and subclinical atherosclerosis (24.4% vs 19.4%), though these differences did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.31 and P = 0.14, respectively).

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