Effect of Caffeine-Containing Beverage Consumption on Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Levels in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Hospital-Based Cohort Study

• Yachiyo Sasaki ,

  * E-mail: y-sasaki@nurs.osaka-cu.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Gerontological Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Satoko Ohfuji,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Wakaba Fukushima,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Akihiro Tamori,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Masaru Enomoto,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Daiki Habu,

  Affiliations Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Shuji Iwai,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Sawako Uchida-Kobayashi,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Hideki Fujii,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Susumu Shiomi,

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Norifumi Kawada,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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• Yoshio Hirota

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

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