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Moderate Alcohol Use and Insulin Action in Chronic Hepatitis C Infection.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Aug 2016
Burman Blaire E, Bacchetti Peter, Khalili Mandana
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) is associated with metabolic abnormalities including insulin resistance (IR) and diabetes. While moderate alcohol consumption is known to have beneficial metabolic effects in the general population, such potential effects in HCV are unknown. We aimed to assess the association between graded alcohol intake and IR, insulin secretion, and metabolic syndrome in HCV....
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