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Research from University Hospital provides new data about life sciences

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 9th, 2008

A new study, 'Effect of sustained virological response to treatment on the incidence of abnormal glucose values in chronic hepatitis C,' is now available. Researchers in Seville, Spain conducted a study "To investigate the effect of sustained virological response (SVR) on impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and/or type 2 diabetes (T2DM); to assess the influence of glucose abnormalities on the SVR rate. 1059 patients with chronic HCV; normal glucose (<100 mg/dl) in 734, IFG (between 100 and 125 mg/dl) in 218, and T2DM (126 mg/dl) in 107 cases, were treated with interferon plus ribavirin over 24 or 48 weeks, depending on viral genotype."

"The SVR rate was lower in patients...

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