Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	7794
Country	China

Received	2013-11-30 15:02
Peer-Review Started	2013-11-30 21:32
To Make the First Decision	2013-12-26 11:13
Return for Revision	2013-12-27 08:33
Revised	2014-01-09 17:51
Second Decision	2014-02-27 11:09
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-02-27 11:37
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-03-23 11:31
Typeset the Manuscript	2014-04-24 17:53
Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-05-14 10:58

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Case Control Study
Article Title	Risk factors for liver-related mortality in chronic hepatitis C patients: A deceased case-living control study
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Qing-Lei Zeng, Guo-Hua Feng, Ji-Yuan Zhang, Yan Chen, Bin Yang, Hui-Huang Huang, Xue-Xiu Zhang, Zheng Zhang and Fu-Sheng Wang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National Natural Science Foundation of China 81302593 National Natural Science Foundation of China 81271848 National Natural Science Foundation of China 81101589 Beijing Nova Program of China Z121107002512071 National Key Basic Research Program of China 2009CB522507 National Grand Program on Key Infectious Disease 2009ZX10005-017 National Grand Program on Key Infectious Disease 2012ZX10002007
Corresponding Author	Fu-Sheng Wang, MD, PhD, The Institute of Translational Hepatology, Beijing 302 Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Fengtai District, Beijing 100039, China. fswang302@163.com
Key Words	Hepatitis C virus; Chronic hepatitis C; Risk factor; Mortality; Case control study
Core Tip	Many previous studies have suggested that several complex factors have an important impact on hepatitis C virus-related mortality. However, the evaluation of such factors using a deceased case-living control study with a large number of patients has not been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate the risk factors for liver-related mortality in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients using a deceased case-living control study design. This study indicates that interferon-? plus ribavirin treatment, the stage at the initial diagnosis and comorbidities are all independent risk factors for liver-related mortality in CHC patients.
Publish Date	2014-05-14 10:58
Citation	Zeng QL, Feng GH, Zhang JY, Chen Y, Yang B, Huang HH, Zhang XX, Zhang Z, Wang FS. Risk factors for liver-related mortality in chronic hepatitis C patients: A deceased case-living control study. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(18): 5519-5526
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i18/5519.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5519

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Peer-review Report	7794-Peer review(s).pdf
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