Association of hepatitis C virus infection and diabetes

作     者：Samir Rouabhia Rachid Malek Hocine Bounecer 

作者机构：Department of Internal MedicineUniversity Hospital Center Touhami Benflis Department of Internal MedicineUniversity Hospital Center Saadna Abdenour Department of Epidemiology and Preventive MedicineUniversity Hospital Center Touhami Benflis 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第15卷第40期

页      面：5114-5115页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Prevalence Hepatitis C Diabetes mellitus 

摘      要：Epidemiologic studies have suggested a relation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and diabetes mellitus. HCV infection is emerging as a metabolic disease, and diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for HCV infection. However, some data on the prevalence of antibodies to HCV in patients with diabetes are conflicting. These seroprevalence data should be interpreted with caution. Some potential bias may occur in those clinic-based studies that target a specif ic disease group. In this letter we explain some reasons for these conflicting studies.