Diabetes and hepatitis C

Many earlier studies have indicated that hepatitis C co-infection is a risk factor for diabetes,1 including one that found a fivefold higher risk of developing hyperglycaemia in co-infected compared to HIV-monoinfected persons.2

However, a large recent study of antiretroviral-naive patients found that the known risk factors of black race, older age, and higher body-mass index were associated with diabetes, but hepatitis C co-infection was not, except possibly among people of black race.3

See Diabetes in the A to Z of illnesses for further details of this condition.

References

  1. Butt AA et al. HIV infection and the risk of diabetes mellitus. AIDS 23: 1227-1234, 2009
  2. Mehta S et al. The effect of HAART and HCV infection on the development of diabetes mellitus. Ninth Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, abstract 679, 2002
  3. Brar I et al. A comparison of factors associated with prevalent diabetes mellitus among HIV-infected antiretroviral-naive individuals versus individuals in the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey Cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:66-71, 2007
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