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. 2014 May 15;209(10):1585-90.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit672. Epub 2014 Jan 13.

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in US Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the NHANES 2007-2010 and HCHS/SOL studies

Mark H Kuniholm  1 , Molly Jung, James E Everhart, Scott Cotler, Gerardo Heiss, Geraldine McQuillan, Ryung S Kim, Howard D Strickler, Bharat Thyagarajan, Marston Youngblood, Robert C Kaplan, Gloria Y F Ho
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in US Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the NHANES 2007-2010 and HCHS/SOL studies

Mark H Kuniholm et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody has been reported in Mexican Americans, but its prevalence in other US Hispanic/Latino groups is unknown. We studied 2 populations of US Hispanic/Latino adults; 3210 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2010 and 11 964 from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Age-standardized prevalence of HCV antibody was similar in NHANES 2007-2010 (1.5%) and HCHS/SOL (2.0%) but differed significantly by Hispanic/Latino background in HCHS/SOL (eg, 11.6% in Puerto Rican men vs 0.4% in South American men). These findings suggest that the HCV epidemic among US Hispanics/Latinos is heterogeneous.

Keywords: HCV; Hispanic; Latino; RNA; United States; antibody; hepatitis C virus; prevalence; risk factor.

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Age-standardized prevalence of HCV antibody by Hispanic/Latino background and residency among men and women, ages 18–74 in HCHS/SOL (A–C). A, Values (except n) are standardized to the 2010 US Census population and are weighted for survey design and nonresponse. B, Hispanic/Latino background and residency combinations with sample sizes <250 are not shown. C, Sample sizes for Hispanic/Latino background and residency combinations are i) South American/Chicago (n = 136 men and 154 women); ii) South American/Miami (n = 109 men and 228 women); iii) Cuban/Miami (n = 878 men and 1014 women); iv) Central American/Chicago (n = 150 men and 177 women); v) Central American/Miami (n = 289 men and 456 women); vi) Mexican/Chicago (n = 771 men and 1014 women); vii) Mexican/San Diego (n = 941 men and 1755 women); viii) Dominican/Bronx (n = 365 men and 682 women); ix) Puerto Rican/Chicago (n = 232 men and 297 women); x) Puerto Rican/Bronx (n = 486 men and 711 women). Abbreviations: HCHS/SOL, Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos; HCV, hepatitis C virus.
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