Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1601-1608, May 2009

Statins Are Associated With a Reduced Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Large Cohort of Patients With Diabetes

  • Hashem B. El–Serag

      Affiliations

    • Sections of Gastroenterology and Health Services Research at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Hashem B. El–Serag, MD, MPH, The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030. fax: (713) 748-7359
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  • Michael L. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration, University of Houston, College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas
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  • Christine Hachem

      Affiliations

    • Sections of Gastroenterology and Health Services Research at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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  • Robert O. Morgana

      Affiliations

    • Sections of Gastroenterology and Health Services Research at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Received 2 June 2008; accepted 26 January 2009. published online 02 February 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authorsdisclose no conflicts.

 Funding This research was supported in part by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service (IIR 02-081), and by a grant from the American College of Gastroenterology. Dr El–Serag is supported by a National Institutes of Health grant (K24DK078154-03).

PII: S0016-5085(09)00157-7

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.053

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1601-1608, May 2009

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