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Hepatitis C Virus and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study among Connecticut Women

Lindsay McOmber Morton, Eric A. Engels, Theodore R. Holford, Brian Leaderer, Yawei Zhang, Shelia Hoar Zahm, Peter Boyle, Bing Zhang, Stuart Flynn, Giovanni Tallini, Patricia H. Owens and Tongzhang Zheng
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DOI:  Published March 2004
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Objective: Previous epidemiologic studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) have yielded conflicting results, perhaps due to differences in the classification of B-NHL and the choice of non-population-based control groups that may not reflect the background population prevalence of HCV. To further investigate the link between HCV and NHL, we conducted HCV testing on serum samples of 998 women (464 cases; 534 controls) from a population-based case-control study of women in Connecticut. Methods: Serum samples were screened for HCV antibodies using an enzyme immunoassay; positive samples were confirmed by additional testing for HCV antibodies and for serum HCV RNA. Results: Approximately 2% (8 of 464) of cases and 1% (5 of 534) of controls tested positive for HCV. The risk of NHL associated with HCV infection appeared to be concentrated among B-cell lymphomas [odds ratio (OR) 2.0; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.6, 8.2], particularly among follicular lymphomas (OR 4.1, 95% CI 0.8, 19.4). Conclusion: The primary strength of this study is our use of a population-based study design, although the low prevalence of HCV among women in Connecticut resulted in wide CIs for the estimated association between HCV and B-NHL subtypes. Our study suggests that HCV may be associated with increased risk of development of B-NHL, and that this risk may vary by B-NHL subtype among women. Due to the relatively low prevalence of HCV in our study population and the scarcity of population-based epidemiological research on this subject, our study highlights the need for additional large, population-based studies of the role of HCV in the etiology of B-NHL.

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  • Grant support: Grant CA62006-05 from the National Cancer Institute.

  • The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

  • Note: Certain data used in this study were obtained from the Connecticut Tumor Registry of the Connecticut Department of Public Health. The authors assume full responsibility for analyses and interpretation of these data.

    • Accepted November 24, 2003.
    • Received July 15, 2003.
    • Revision received November 5, 2003.
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Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention: 13 (3)
March 2004
Volume 13, Issue 3
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Hepatitis C Virus and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study among Connecticut Women
Lindsay McOmber Morton, Eric A. Engels, Theodore R. Holford, Brian Leaderer, Yawei Zhang, Shelia Hoar Zahm, Peter Boyle, Bing Zhang, Stuart Flynn, Giovanni Tallini, Patricia H. Owens and Tongzhang Zheng
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Hepatitis C Virus and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study among Connecticut Women
Lindsay McOmber Morton, Eric A. Engels, Theodore R. Holford, Brian Leaderer, Yawei Zhang, Shelia Hoar Zahm, Peter Boyle, Bing Zhang, Stuart Flynn, Giovanni Tallini, Patricia H. Owens and Tongzhang Zheng
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev March 1 2004 (13) (3) 425-430;
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