Abstract
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM) has been suggested to be one of the extrahepatic manifestations of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. To elucidate the association between DM and HCV infection, this cross-sectional community study was conducted in a HCV-endemic area of central Taiwan. A total of 179 residents aged 40 years or older reponded to the study. Based on the diagnosis of diabetes of the new WHO criteria (fasting plasma glucose > 126mg/dL), 20 (11.2%; 95% confidence interval 6.6%-16.8%) of them were diagnosed as cases of DM. Age, sex, mass index, anti-HCV antibody HBsAg, and alanine transaminase (ALT) have been compared between DM and non-DM groups, but none has significant difference. Our results disprove that HCV infection plays a role in the development of diabetes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 58-60 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Internal Medicine of Taiwan |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- HCV
- Non-insulin dependent DM
