Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Hepatitis C Infection (original) (raw)
The Professional Medical Journal
The objective of this study is to Hepatitis C Infection patients leads to type2 diabetes mellitus. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Civil hospital, Karachi.Period: June 2017 to February 2018. Materials and Methods: We screened 1941 patientsand out of them 328 patients had HCV positive serology. HCV serology status was assessedby checking for HCV antibody. To evaluate incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients withHCV seropositivity, blood glucose levels of all patients were performed. Patients with cirrhosis,pancreatitis, co-existent hepatitis B and any other co-morbid. According to new diagnosticcriteria by WHO hyperglycaemia is labelled at blood glucose levels of 200mg/dl. Results: Wefound total 328 cases showing HCV seropositivity out of total 1941 patients visiting the outpatientdepartment. There were 213 males and 115 females in the data. The demographic data ofpatients suggests that 53% patients lived in rural areas whereas 47% had their residence inurban a...
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