Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence and Chronic Infections in Patients with HIV, Switzerland
Alain Kenfak-Foguena
1, Franziska Schöni-Affolter
1, Philippe Bürgisser, Andrea Witteck, Katharine E.A. Darling, Helen Kovari, Laurent Kaiser, John-Marc Evison, Luigia Elzi, Vanina Gurtner De La Fuente, Josef Jost, Darius Moradpour, Florence Abravanel, Jacques Izopet
2, Matthias Cavassini
2
, and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland (A. Kenfak-Foguena, P. Bürgisser, K.E.A. Darling, D. Moradpour, M. Cavassini); Data Center of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Lausanne (F. Schöni-Affolter); Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (A. Witteck); University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (H. Kovari); University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (L. Kaiser); Inselspital Klinik und Poliklinik für Infektiologie, Bern, Switzerland (J.-M. Evison); Universitätsspital Klinik für Infektiologie, Basel, Switzerland (L. Elzi); Ospedale Civico Servizio Malattie Infettive, Lugano, Switzerland (V. Gurtner-De La Fuente); Klinik Im Park, Zurich (J. Jost); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France (F. Abravanel, J. Izopet)
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Table 2
Logistic regression derived odds ratios/estimates for positive HEV serology in study of prevalence and role of HEV infection among participants in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Switzerland, 2008*
Variable |
Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value |
Male vs. female |
0.207 (0.041–1.016) |
0.0523 |
CD4 100–350 vs. CD4 <100 per mm3 |
4.683 (1.268–17.295) |
0.0206 |
CD4 >350 vs. CD4 <100 per mm3 |
2.448 (0.522–11.468) |
0.256 |
Other ethnicity vs. Asian ethnicity |
0.295 (0.073–1.191) |
0.0864 |
Alcohol history, no vs. yes |
1.802 (0.582–5.581) |
0.3071 |
Risk group, other vs. MSM |
0.422 (0.100–1.774) |
0.2392 |
Age at ALT elevation |
1.017 (0.966–1.070) |
0.5257 |
Duration of ALT elevation |
1.001 (1.000–1.002) |
0.0207 |
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