PMID- 24245909 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141106 LR - 20220321 IS - 1468-1293 (Electronic) IS - 1464-2662 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 4 DP - 2014 Apr TI - Progression of liver fibrosis in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected individuals on antiretroviral therapy with early stages of liver fibrosis at baseline. PG - 203-12 LID - 10.1111/hiv.12105 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to assess the progression of liver fibrosis in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected patients with no or mild-to-moderate fibrosis (stages F0-F2). METHODS: Liver fibrosis was reassessed by transient elastometry (TE) between January 2009 and November 2011 in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with stage F0-F2 fibrosis in a liver biopsy performed between January 1997 and December 2007. Patients with liver stiffness at the end of follow-up < 7.1 kPa were defined as nonprogressors, and those with values >/= 9.5 kPa or who died from liver disease were defined as progressors. Cirrhosis was defined as a cut-off of 14.6 kPa. The follow-up period was the time between liver biopsy and TE. Cox regression models adjusted for age, gender and liver fibrosis stage at baseline were applied. RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 7.8 years [interquartile range (IQR) 5.5-10 years]. The study population comprised 162 patients [115 (71%) nonprogressors and 47 (29%) progressors; 19 patients (11.7%) had cirrhosis]. The median time from the diagnosis of HCV infection to the end of follow-up was 20 years (IQR 16.3-23.1 years). Three progressors died from liver disease (1.8%). The variables associated with a lower risk of progression were age