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Table 3 Trends in hospitalization rates between 2000 and 2006 in people with hepatitis B or C by HIV co-infection status

From: Trends in all cause and viral liver disease-related hospitalizations in people with hepatitis B or C: a population-based linkage study

Type of admission

Disease

Mean % change

95% CI

Pvalue

All cause

HCV

-1.6†

-1.9 to -1.3

< 0.001

 

HBV

-4.6†

-5.2 to -3.9

< 0.001

 

HCV/HBV

-0.6†

-2.1 to 0.9

0.431

 

HCV/HIV

0.3‡

-8.7 to 10.2

0.953

 

HBV/HIV

-15.1‡

-29.4 to 2.0

0.081

Non alcoholic liver disease

HCV

9.4†

6.1 to 12.9

< 0.001

 

HBV

-14.2†

-19.6 to -8.4

< 0.001

 

HCV/HBV

7.9†

-4.3 to 21.6

0.213

 

HCV/HIV

255.2‡

48.9 to 747.7

0.004

 

HBV/HIV

-91.7‡

-98.9 to -35.7

0.017

Primary liver cancer

HCV

42.5†

33.8 to 51.8

< 0.001

 

HBV

21.3†

14.4 to 28.6

< 0.001

  1. † Mean annual change in rate (adjusted for the correlation between hospitalizations for the same person).
  2. ‡ Rate change between July 2000-December 2003 and January 2004-June 2006 (adjusted for the correlation between hospitalizations for the same person).
  3. CI, confidence interval.