Insulin resistance is independently associated with significant hepatic fibrosis in Asian chronic hepatitis C genotype 2 or 3 patients

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Patel K., Thompson A., Chuang W., Lee C., Peng C., Shanmuganathan G., Thongsawat S., Tanwandee T., Mahachai V., Pramoolsinsap C., Cho M., Han K., Shah S., Foster G., Clark P., Pulkstenis E., Subramanian G., Mchutchison J.
• التنسيق: دورية
• منشور في: 2017
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79958783189&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/43145
• المؤسسة: Chiang Mai University

Background and Aim: The role of insulin resistance (IR) and hepatic steatosis in fibrogenesis in chronic hepatitis C infection (CHC) has yielded conflicting data and few studies have been performed in Asian-region populations. We retrospectively investigated the relationship between host metabolic v...