Increasing liver stiffness is associated with higher incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C infection and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease–A population-based study

• Perica Davitkov ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Perica Davitkov, Kyle Hoffman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Kyle Hoffman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Perica Davitkov, Kyle Hoffman

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kyle.hoffman2@uhhospitals.org

  Affiliations Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Section of Internal Medicine, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1520-4925

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• Yngve Falck-Ytter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Brigid Wilson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Gjorgje Stojadinovikj ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Donald D. Anthony ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Section of Internal Medicine, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Stanley Martin Cohen ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Gregory Cooper

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Digestive Health Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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