Association of diabetes and hepatitis C infection: Epidemiologic evidence and pathophysiologic insights
✍ Scribed by Gül Bahtiyar; John J. Shin; Ayse Aytaman; James R. Sowers; Samy I. McFarlane
- Book ID
- 107536075
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1534-4827
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The findings of Mason et al. 1 on diabetes mellitus and hepatitis C are similar to our own, reported at the 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2 In our study, diabetes was found in 34.7% and 2.7% of chronic hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis B patients, respective
While patients with liver disease are known to have a higher prevalence of glucose intolerance, preliminary studies suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be an additional risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus. To further study the correlation of HCV infection and diabetes
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) may be associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This was studied further in two parts. First, 1,151 patients with HCV-related cirrhosis and 181 patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis, well matched for age, sex, and se