Factors Associated with Significant Platelet Count Improvement in Thrombocytopenic Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Receiving Direct-Acting Antivirals

• Published in: Viruses 2022-02, Vol.14 (2), p.333
• Main Authors: Chen, Yen-Chun, Chang, Te-Sheng, Chen, Chien-Hung, Cheng, Pin-Nan, Lo, Ching-Chu, Mo, Lein-Ray, Chen, Chun-Ting, Huang, Chung-Feng, Kuo, Hsing-Tao, Huang, Yi-Hsiang, Tai, Chi-Ming, Peng, Cheng-Yuan, Bair, Ming-Jong, Yeh, Ming-Lun, Lin, Chih-Lang, Lin, Chun-Yen, Lee, Pei-Lun, Chong, Lee-Won, Hung, Chao-Hung, Huang, Jee-Fu, Yang, Chi-Chieh, Hu, Jui-Ting, Lin, Chih-Wen, Wang, Chia-Chi, Su, Wei-Wen, Hsieh, Tsai-Yuan, Lin, Chih-Lin, Tsai, Wei-Lun, Lee, Tzong-Hsi, Chen, Guei-Ying, Wang, Szu-Jen, Chang, Chun-Chao, Yang, Sheng-Shun, Wu, Wen-Chih, Huang, Chia-Sheng, Hsiung, Chou-Kwok, Kao, Chien-Neng, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Liu, Chen-Hua, Lee, Mei-Hsuan, Dai, Chia-Yen, Kao, Jia-Horng, Chuang, Wan-Long, Lin, Han-Chieh, Chen, Chi-Yi, Tseng, Kuo-Chih, Yu, Ming-Lung, On Behalf Of Tacr Investigators
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Antiviral agents; Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use; Ascites; Bilirubin; Blood platelets; chronic hepatitis C; Cirrhosis; Creatinine; Diabetes mellitus; direct-acting antivirals; Female; Fibrosis; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C, Chronic - blood; Hepatitis C, Chronic - drug therapy; Humans; Hypertension; Laboratories; Liver cirrhosis; Liver Cirrhosis - blood; Liver Cirrhosis - drug therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Patients; Platelet Count; Platelets; Retrospective Studies; significant platelet count improvement; Sustained Virologic Response; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytopenia - blood; Thrombocytopenia - drug therapy
• ISSN: 1999-4915; 1999-4915
• DOI: 10.3390/v14020333

To clarify the predictive factors of significant platelet count improvement in thrombocytopenic chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. CHC patients with baseline platelet counts of