Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among Hepatitis B Infected Patients Attending Communicable Disease Research and Training Center, Suez City, Egypt | ||
| Suez Canal University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 21, Issue 2, October 2018, Pages 113-119 PDF (251.54 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/scumj.2018.43544 | ||
| Author | ||
| Fatma R. Moussa* | ||
| Department of Endemic and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: HBV is a common major health problem in Egypt and world-wild with burden on nationalhealth care system. The association betweenHBV infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been reported over the past decade. However, the relationship between HBV infection and T2DM remains controversial. Aim: to study the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among hepatitis B patients in Suez, Egypt. Patients and Methods: the study included 216 HBV infected patients who attend for regular follow-up in the communicable disease research and training center-Suez city, Egypt. Medical information was collected from patients’ medicalrecord. Results: the prevalence of Diabetes among HBV patients was 20.4 %. About 29.6 % of HBV patients had liver cirrhosis, and 4.6% had HCC. The majority (54.54 %) of patients having both HBV and DM weremales. Conclusion:DMis a common medical condition in patients withHBV. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| T2DM; Cirrhosis; HCC | ||
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