| Title |
Effect of Caffeine-Containing Beverage Consumption on Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Levels in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Hospital-Based Cohort Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0083382 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yachiyo Sasaki, Satoko Ohfuji, Wakaba Fukushima, Akihiro Tamori, Masaru Enomoto, Daiki Habu, Shuji Iwai, Sawako Uchida-Kobayashi, Hideki Fujii, Susumu Shiomi, Norifumi Kawada, Yoshio Hirota |
| Abstract |
To date, there have been no prospective studies examining the effect of coffee consumption on serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level among individuals infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). We conducted a hospital-based cohort study among patients with chronic HCV infection to assess an association between baseline coffee consumption and subsequent ALT levels for 12 months. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Japan | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 41 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 7 | 17% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Professor | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 21% |
| Unknown | 6 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 43% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 11 | 26% |