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Relationship between HCV infection and Insulin resistance in non-obese non- diabetic patients

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Background:HepatitisCisamajorcauseofliver-relatedmorbidityandmortalityandrepresentsa majorpublichealthprobleminEgyptandworldwide.Thereisgrowingevidenceasregardtothe associationbetweenhepatitisCvirus(HCV)infectionandtype2diabetesmellitus.However,the mutuallinkandrelatedvirologicalimplicationhavenotbeenfullyclarified.Insulinresistance(IR) playsaprimaryroleinthedevelopmentoftype2DM.Thisissupportedbytheresultsofprospective longitudinalstudiesshowingthatIRisthebestpredictorofthedevelopmentoftype2DM,preceding itsonsetby10-20years.
Aim:ToassessthecorrelationbetweenHCVmorbidityandInsulinresistance(IR)detectedby HOMAtestinnonediabeticnoneobeseHCVpatients
Materials&Method:Thestudyparticipantsweresubcategorizedintotwogroups,Group(I): included867healthysubjects(negativeHCVRNA)asacontrolgroup.Group(II):included277 patientswithchronicHCVasastudygroup.The2groupsweresubjectedtothoroughhistorytaking, fullclinicalexamination,Anthropometricstudy,ultrasonographicexaminationandlaboratory investigationsincludingliverfunctions,viralmarkers,andqualitativePCRforHCVRNA,lipid profile,glucoseprofileandHOMAtest.
Results:ThisstudyrevealedhigherinsulinresistanceintheHCVstudygroupthanthecontrolgroup.

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10.21608/ejhm.2010.16953

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HCV-Insulinresistance, HOMA test

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Mostafa K.

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Mohamed

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Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

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Gamal

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Esmat

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Department of Tropical Medicine, Cairo University

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Mohamed

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Said

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Department of Tropical Medicine, Cairo University

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Mohamed

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Abdel Hamid

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Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute

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Mohamed

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Hassany

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Department of Tropical Medicine, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute.

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Mohamad A.

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Hassanein

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Department of Tropical Medicine, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute.

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Kamal A.

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El- Atrebi

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Department of Tropical Medicine, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute.

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Helmy

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El Gazzar

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Department of Clinical pathology, Hearing and Speech Institute, Egypt.

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Omar

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Department of Clinical pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Bani Sewif University.

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41

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3581

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2010-10-01

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2018-10-19

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2010-10-01

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540

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550

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Relationship between HCV infection and Insulin resistance in non-obese non- diabetic patients

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