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Hepatitis E death toll hits 114
By Dennis Ojwee FOUR more people have died of Hepatitis E in Kitgum district, increasing the death toll to 114. This is out of a cumulative number of 7,331 people infected with the disease, according to district officials. The chairman of the Hepatitis

Rains to worsen Hepatitis E, says official
Gulu The start of the rainy season may worsen the spread of Hepatitis E, Gulu district disease surveillance officer Michael Cankara has said. The warning comes at a time when the disease has claimed over 106 lives and infected over 6000 in various parts

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Determinants of Outcome of Compensated Hepatitis C Virus-Related Cirrhosis

table  3.   Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of Prognostic Factors for Decompensation Unrelated to HCC
Variable Number of Patients Univariate Analysis
Multivariate Analysis
P* Relative RiskDagger (95% CI) Pdagger Relative RiskDagger (95% CI)
Age at diagnosis       63 y 72
>63 y 31 .01 3.0 (1.2-7.4) NS  ---
ALT  76 IU/L 43
>76 IU/L 60 .04 2.6 (1-6.5) NS  ---
Albumin 3.4 g/dL 89
<3.4 g/dL 14 .005 3.6 (1.4-9.6) NS  ---
Prothrombin time 63% 86
<63% 17 .003 3.7 (1.4-9) NS  ---
Platelets 102 × 109/L 79
<102 × 109/L 24 .05 2.3 (1-5.9) NS ---
Child-Pugh score A 94
B 9 .0004 5.4 (1.9-15.5) NS  ---
IFN Yes 59
  No 44 .001 4.5 (1.7-13.4) .03 3.0 (1.1-8.7)
Abbreviations: NS, not significant; CI, confidence interval.
* P values were obtained by using the log-rank test.
dagger P values were obtained by using Cox regression analysis.
Relative risks were calculated by comparing classes with Cox regression analysis.

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