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Factors Associated with Insulin Resistance in Patients with Chronic HCV Genotype 1 Infection without Obesity or Type 2 Diabetes.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition - 1 Jul 2016
Oliveira Lucivalda Pereira Magalhães, de Jesus Rosangela Passos, Boulhosa Ramona Souza Silva Baqueiro, Onofre Thiago, Mendes Carlos Mauricio Cardeal, Vinhas Leonardo, Waitzberg Dan Linetzky, Lemaire Denise Carneiro, Cavalcante Lourianne N, Lyra Andre Castro, Lyra Luiz Guilherme C
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) and its association with clinical parameters in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 without obesity or type 2 diabetes. METHODS: One hundred and twenty-seven HCV-infected patients admitted to the Nutrition and Hepatology Clinic were included. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney test, Fisher's exact test, and...
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