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Diabetes Risk Factor
Hepatitis C virus may be a diabetes trigger in liver transplant recipients
May 31st, 2004
Hepatitis C virus may be a diabetes trigger in liver transplant recipients. According to published research from the United States, "epidemiological studies suggest diabetes mellitus (DM) may be an extra-hepatic manifestation of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Since diabetes and HCV are common in liver transplant recipients, we sought to examine the unique contribution of HCV infection to risk of de novo diabetes post-transplantation. "Using a cohort of 555 liver transplant recipients (median age 49 years, 54% males, 82% Caucasian) without preexisting diabetes from 3 U.S. centers enrolled between 1990 and 1994 and followed for a median...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2004-05-31)
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