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Rikita I Hatia,1 Lu-Yu Hwang,2 Ruosha Li,3 Catherine Troisi,4 Prasun K Jalal,5 Christopher I Amos,6 Henry F Gomez,1 Yun Shin Chun,7 Asif Rashid,8 Ahmed O Kaseb,9 Paul A Scheet,1 Manal M Hassan1 1Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 2Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 3Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 4Department of Management, Policy & Community Health, School of Public Health, The University of Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 5Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 6Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 7Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 8Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; 9Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USACorrespondence: Manal M Hassan, Department of Epidemiology, Unit 735, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6900 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, Tel +1-713-794-5452, Email mhassan@mdanderson.org Lu-Yu Hwang, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1200 Pressler Street, RAS E717, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, Tel +1-713-500-9384, Email lu-yu.hwang@uth.tmc.eduIntroduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) disproportionately affects Hispanic persons with higher age-specific incidence and increased mortality rates compared to non-Hispanic Whites. These high rates of incidence and mortality may be explained by the variation in risk factors. Given the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) among the Hispanic ... |