Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
J Infect Dis. 2014 May 15;209(10):1585-90. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit672. Epub 2014 Jan 13.
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.
丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)抗体在墨西哥裔美国人中的流行情况已有报道,但在美国其他西班牙裔/拉丁裔群体中的流行情况尚不清楚。我们研究了两个美国西班牙裔/拉丁裔成年人群体;3210 人来自 2007-2010 年国家健康和营养检查调查(NHANES),11964 人来自西班牙裔社区健康研究/拉丁裔研究(HCHS/SOL)。NHANES 2007-2010 年(1.5%)和 HCHS/SOL(2.0%)的丙型肝炎抗体标准化流行率相似,但在 HCHS/SOL 中按西班牙裔/拉丁裔背景差异显著(例如,波多黎各男性为 11.6%,而南美男性为 0.4%)。这些发现表明,美国西班牙裔/拉丁裔中的丙型肝炎流行情况存在异质性。