Diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance and hepatitis C virus infection: A contemporary review
Key Points
- To review the relationship between hepatitis C virus infection, insulin resistance, and diabetes mellitus, focusing on their collective influence on liver-related clinical outcomes.
- Synthesized contemporary clinical literature assessing the interplay between hepatitis C virus infection and metabolic glucose abnormalities.
- Glucose abnormalities and insulin resistance exhibit a strong, bidirectional association with hepatitis C virus infection.
- Concomitant diabetes and impaired glucose metabolism negatively impact primary liver-related outcomes and accelerate disease progression.
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Implication
Review reveals glucose abnormalities worsen liver outcomes in hepatitis C infection, highlighting the critical role of metabolic management.
Cite This Study
Desbois et al. (2017) studied this question.