Evidence of an association between diabetes and degree of hepatic fibrosis in hepatitis C virus infection
β Scribed by Surakit Pungpapong; Frank Friedenberg; Leonard E. Braitman; Vivek Kaul; Thirumalesh Kanchana; Shivakumar Vignesh; Kenneth D. Rothstein
- Book ID
- 119391263
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 25 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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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
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