In Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy era, fatty liver has become an important cause of liver function damage in people living with HIV (PLWH). There are a large number of PLWH in China who are infected with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, drugs, alcohol, etc. affect each other, which makes the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of liver function damage in PLWH complicated in China. The investigators plan to conduct a large-scale questionnaire survey among PLWH in Zhejiang Province to assess liver function, detect liver Injuries early, and analyze HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, anti-HIV drugs, alcohol and other factors associate with liver injuries in PLWH, to provide basis for the treatment and prevention of liver disease in PLWH in eastern China.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
3,000
the first affiliated hospital of Zhejiang university school of medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGPrevalence of liver disease in PLWH
The overall prevalence of liver disease in PLWH and the prevalence of hepatitis B, C, and fatty liver
Time frame: 2020-12-31
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