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

• Main Authors: Keyur Patel, Alexander J. Thompson, Wan Long Chuang, Chuan Mo Lee, Chen Yuan Peng, Ganesananthan Shanmuganathan, Satawat Thongsawat, Tawesak Tanwandee, Varocha Mahachai, Chutima Pramoolsinsap, Mong Cho, Kwang Hyup Han, Samir R. Shah, Graham R. Foster, Paul J. Clark, Erik Pulkstenis, G. Mani Subramanian, John G. Mchutchison
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79958783189&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50313
• Institution: 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...