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- Title
Chronic HCV infection was associated with severe insulin resistance and mild atherosclerosis: a population-based study in an HCV hyperendemic area.
- Authors
Miyajima, Ichiro; Kawaguchi, Takumi; Fukami, Ako; Nagao, Yumiko; Adachi, Hisashi; Sasaki, Satoshi; Imaizumi, Tsutomu; Sata, Michio
- Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects glucose and lipid metabolism in vitro; however, it is unclear whether HCV infection is associated with insulin resistance and atherosclerosis at the population level. We aimed to investigate this association in a Japanese cohort of the Seven Countries Study, and our investigation was conducted in Tanushimaru, an HCV hyperendemic area.
- Publication
Journal of gastroenterology, 2013, Vol 48, Issue 1, p93
- ISSN
1435-5922
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00535-012-0610-3