High risk of hepatic complications in kidney transplantation with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 29275 - 8
• Main Authors: Huang, Shih-Ting, Chuang, Ya-Wen, Chiu, Chih-Wei, Sun, Kuo-Ting, Chang, Shih-Sheng, Wang, I-Kuan, Lee, Brain K., Kung, Shiang-Cheng, Li, Chi-Yuan, Yu, Tung-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.08.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/308; 692/4022; Adult; Age; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - etiology; Chronic infection; Cirrhosis; Comorbidity; Creatinine; Demographics; Diabetes; Dialysis; Electronic health records; End-stage renal disease; Female; Heart failure; Hemodialysis; Hepacivirus; Hepatic disease; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatoma; Hispanic Americans; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infections; Kidney diseases; Kidney transplantation; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Kidney transplants; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver Cirrhosis - etiology; Liver diseases; Liver failure; Liver Neoplasms - epidemiology; Liver Neoplasms - etiology; Liver transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Obesity; Overweight; Patients; Population; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Renal failure; Risk Factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Statistical significance; End-stage renal disease; Hepatic disease; Dialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Kidney transplantation

Data on liver issues including liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and hepatic failure in renal transplant patients with HCV infection are scarce. In the present study, we conducted a large-scale population-based analysis to investigate the long-term outcomes of renal recipients with HCV infe...