title: Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in US Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the NHANES 2007-2010 and HCHS/SOL studies.
abstract: Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody has been reported in Mexican Americans, but its prevalence in other US Hispanic/Latino groups is unknown. We studied 2 populations of US Hispanic/Latino adults; 3210 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2010 and 11 964 from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Age-standardized prevalence of HCV antibody was similar in NHANES 2007-2010 (1.5%) and HCHS/SOL (2.0%) but differed significantly by Hispanic/Latino background in HCHS/SOL (eg, 11.6% in Puerto Rican men vs 0.4% in South American men). These findings suggest that the HCV epidemic among US Hispanics/Latinos is heterogeneous.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kuniholm
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Everhart
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cotler
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McQuillan
authors.forename: Ryung S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Howard D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Strickler
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thyagarajan
authors.forename: Marston
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Youngblood
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Gloria Y F
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: HCV; Hispanic; Latino; RNA; United States; antibody; hepatitis C virus; prevalence; risk factor