Year: 2006
Type: letter
Abstract: Antonelli et al. (1) classified diabetes associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as type 2. However, these patients show slightly different phenotype than typical type 2 diabetic subjects. Of interest, in our study, HCV diabetic patients presented similar intermediate clinical phenotype with significantly lower BMI (26.5 ± 4.8 vs. 30.9 ± 6.3 kg/m2), systolic (133.9 ± 14.0 vs. 142.9 ± 25.6 …
Source: Diabetes Care
Institution: Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Topic: Hepatitis C virus research
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1985476363