Article
Association of diabetes mellitus and chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Feb 1999
Mason A L, Lau J Y, Hoang N, Qian K, Alexander G J, Xu L, Guo L, Jacob S, Regenstein F G, Zimmerman R, Everhart J E, Wasserfall C, Maclaren N K, Perrillo R P
Abstract excerpt
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 diabe...
Topics
- Adult
- Autoantibodies
- Case-Control Studies
- Cohort Studies
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Female
- Genotype
- Glucose Intolerance
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Male