Chronic HCV infection was associated with severe insulin resistance and mild atherosclerosis: A population-based study in an HCV hyperendemic area

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-100

  Miyajima, Ichiro ^a   Kawaguchi, Takumi ^a   Fukami, Ako ^a   Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Adachi, Hisashi ^a   Sasaki, Satoshi ^b   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; Glucose metabolism; Hepatitis C virus; Homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance; Lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84872490019     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0610-3     Document Type: Article

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