NIH Consensus Development Conference Panel Statement, September 1997Hepatology; 26 (supplement): 2S-10S.

• Prevalence in U.S. of 1.5% in non-hispanic whites, 3.2% in blacks, 2.1% in hispanics.

• Approximately 4 million Americans infected.

• Primarily parenteral transmission.

• Chronic hepatitis develops in about 85%.

• Progression to cirrhosis in about 20% of these patients within two decades.

• Probably 1-5% HCC risk after two decades.

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