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[Relationship between iron stores and diabetes mellitus in patients infected by hepatitis C virus: a case-control
C Hernández1, J Genescà, J Ignasi Esteban
1Sección de Endocrinología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona. crhdez@hg.vhebron.es
Medicina Clinica
|August 23, 2000
Abstract
Background:
To investigate whether the high prevalence of diabetes observed in patients infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated to iron stores.
Patients And Methods:
Serum ferritin levels were determined in 123 patients infected by HCV (55 diabetic and 68 non-diabetic).
Results:
Serum ferritin concentrations were higher in diabetic than in non-diabetic patients (205 ng/ml [14-861] vs. 58 ng/ml [15-494]; p < 0.0001).
Conclusions:
Serum ferritin levels are related with the presence of diabetes in patients infected by HCV.