Methods| Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from
2011 to 2016, a cross-sectional, stratified, multistage probability sample of the US population, …

Background & Aims Functional cure, defined based on hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
loss, is rare during nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy and guidelines on finite NA therapy …

Importance One factor associated with the rapidly increasing clinical and economic burden
of chronic liver disease (CLD) is inpatient health care utilization. Objective To understand …

OBJECTIVES: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) prevalence, particularly the subset with advanced
liver disease, is not well defined. Herein, we aim to provide a comprehensive assessment …

Background Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality,
contributing significant burden on healthcare systems. Aim We aim to evaluate trends in …

Background and Aims Whether entecavir (ETV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)
differentially affect relapse and outcomes following treatment discontinuation across different …

METHODS: This is a multicenter cohort study of virally suppressed, end-of-therapy (EOT)
hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative CHB patients who stopped NA therapy (n= 1,557). …

As pegylated interferon alpha (PEG‐IFN‐α) is increasingly used in combination regimens of
novel drugs, we aimed to characterize ALT flares and their relationship with serum HBsAg …

Background and aims Disparities in timely referral to liver transplantation (LT) evaluation
persist. We aim to examine race/ethnicity and insurance-specific differences in the Model for …

Background: A major driver of the rapidly increasing US clinical and economic burden of
NAFLD is attributed to inpatient health care resource utilization. Methods: We performed a cross…