title: Incidence of HCV induced-Esophageal varices in Egypt: Valuable knowledge using data mining analysis.
abstract: Esophageal varices is one of the most important comorbidity related liver cirrhosis, patients usually presented with hematemesis, melena, or both, ultimately 20% is the mortality during the first attack, hence we aimed to investigate the incidence of such esophageal varices related chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in randomized Egyptian population.One thousand eighteen Egyptian patients, aged between 17 and 58 years, positive for Hepatitis C virus genotype 4 (HCV-4) by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Ab and HCV RNA-polymerase chain reaction were screened for the presence of esophageal varices.Incidence of esophageal varices was 62.3%; 635 patients, those with large Esophageal varices (LEVs) was 47.4%; 301 patients. Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score has not been significantly improved post variceal band ligation (VBL). Using 2D U/S was useful for EVs prediction.Incidence of esophageal varices in HCV Egyptian patients still high, valuable knowledge would be helpful in clinical field have been discovered by data mining computational intelligent analysis using in practical medicine to improve overall health care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, Zewail City for Biosciences and Technology, Giza Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Al Azhar Asuit Faculty of Medicine, Al Azhar University Department of Internal Medicine, Zagazig Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Aswan School of Medicine, Aswan University Department of Internal Medicine, Qena Faculty of Meidicne, South Valley University Department of Gastroenetrology, Nagazaki School of medicine, Nagazaki University, Japan Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Therapy, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdel-Aty
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fouad
authors.forename: Mohammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sallam
authors.forename: Elsayed A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Elgohary
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ismael
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nawara
authors.forename: Baha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hawary
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tag-Adeen
authors.forename: Salama
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khaled
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D057225:Data Mining; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008026:Ligation; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult