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• TITLE: Association of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Type 2 Diabetes in Egypt: A Hospital-Based Study

  AUTHORS: Shaimaa B. Abdelaziz, Yasmine S. Galal, Amal S. Sedrak, Dina S. Shaheen

  KEYWORDS: HCV, Predictive Factors, T2DM, Cirrhosis

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, Vol.6 No.1, February 26, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Background: The relation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of an association between T2DM and HCV. Methods: A case control study was conducted at the outpatients’ clinics of Kasr El-Aini Hospital (KAH), from October 2013 till March 2014. In this study, 389 HCV patients were selected as cases and 389 healthy controls were also included. Demographic and clinical data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Laboratory investigations including liver function tests (LFT), blood glucose level and radioimmunoblot assay (ELISA) were performed. Results: Out of 389 HCV cases, 219 (56.3%) were diabetic, whereas 145 (37.3%) were diabetic among the healthy controls. Occurrence of diabetes among cirrhotic patients was 1.7 times higher than non-cirrhotic. Logistic regression showed that residence (P