Subject: hepatitis C virus
Subject: insulin resistance
Subject: steatosis
Subject: inflammation
Subject: fibrosis
Subject: body mass index
Year: 2016
Type: Article
Title: Insulin resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Author: Beti Todorovska
Author: Viktorija Chaloska-Ivanova
Author: Genadieva Dimitrova, Magdalena
Author: Elena Curakova
Author: Nenad Joksimovikj
Abstract: Introduction: Insulin resistance is the most common extrahepatic manifestation associated with hepatitis C virus, which leads to developing more pronounced fibrosis and liver steatosis. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of insulin resistance in non-diabetic, treatment naive patients with chronic hepatitis C and to analyze the relation of insulin resistance with genotype, viral load, gender, age, laboratory parameters, inflammatory and fibrotic changes in the liver, body mass index (BMI) and the presence of steatosis. Material and methods: In this cross sectional study, 224 patients with hepatitis C viral infection were included. The patients were divided into two groups. The first group was with no insulin resistance and the second one with present insulin resistance. They were compared in terms of genotype, viral load, gender, age, inflammatory and fibrotic changes in the liver, BMI and liver steatosis. Results: Insulin resistance was present in 45.5% of patients. The following factors were associated with insulin resistance: age (p = 0.0022), inflammatory and fibrotic changes in the liver (p = 0.001, p = 0.006, respectively), steatosis (p = 0.015) and transaminase activities (for AST, p = 0,002, for ALT, p = 0.001). Conclusion: In the Republic of Macedonia, high percentage of 45.5% among non-diabetic and treatment naïve patients with chronic viral hepatitis C, had insulin resistance. Insulin resistance was more prevalent in older patients, in those with more pronounced inflammatory and fibrotic changes in the liver, in patients with steatosis and in those with higher transaminase activity.
Publisher: Македонско лекарско друштво = Macedonian Medical Association
Relation: Македонски медицински преглед = Macedonian medical review
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/8931
Identifier: 0025-1097
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/8931Identifier: https://mld.mk/mmr/Identifier: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gRIh98OwUynlLux0qYFFcWVY2u3AaKGD/viewIdentifier: 70
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