Hepatitis B and C virus infection and diabetes mellitus: A cohort study

• Main Authors: Hong, Y.S., Chang, Y., Ryu, S., Cainzos-Achirica, M., Kwon, M.J., Zhang, Y., Choi, Y., Ahn, J., Rampal, S., Zhao, D., Pastor-Barriuso, R., Lazo, M., Shin, H., Cho, J., Guallar, E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17540/1/HongYS_%282017%29.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/17540/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-04206-6

The role of hepatitis virus infection in glucose homeostasis is uncertain. We examined the associations between hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the development of diabetes in a cohort (N = 439,708) of asymptomatic participants in health screening examinations. In cro...