High prevalence of insulin resistance among Brazilian chronic hepatitis C patients

High prevalence of insulin resistance among Brazilian chronic hepatitis C patients

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) among chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients and their related laboratory and demographic data. Subjects and methods: In this study, non-diabetic CHC patients referred to Viral Hepatitis Ambulatories from Rio de...

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Main Authors: Livia Melo Villar, Gabriela Cardoso Caldas, Leticia de Paula Scalioni, Juliana Custódio Miguel, Elisangela Ferreira da Silva, Vanessa Alves Marques, Cristiane Alves Villela-Nogueira, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Elisabeth Lampe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
insulin resistance
prevalence
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