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Association of Diabetes
Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
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table 4. Prevalence of
HCV Genotypes in
HCV-RNA-Positive Samples From
National and Local Subjects
Compared With the Diabetic
Cohort |
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HCV Genotype
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Populations
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P
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| Local
(N = 95)*
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Diabetic
(N = 21)*
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| 1a (%) |
43 (45) |
3 (14) |
<.05 |
| 1b (%) |
31 (33) |
5 (24) |
ns |
| 2a (%) |
3 (3) |
6 (29) |
<.005 |
| 2b (%) |
9 (9) |
3 (14) |
ns |
| 3a (%) |
4 (4) |
1 (5) |
ns |
| 4 (%) |
1 (1) |
0 (0) |
ns |
Mixed (%) |
2 (2) |
2 (10) |
ns |
| Undetermined
(%) |
2 (2) |
1 (5) |
ns |
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*
N = all samples were
HCV-RNA-positive. Also,
1 control and 4 diabetic
patients were HCV-RNA-negative
by reverse-transcription
polymerase chain reaction.
Diabetic versus local
population: Fisher's exact test
using the Bonferroni adjustment
for multiple comparisons.
Genotype 2a was detected in the
mixed samples of one of the
diabetic patients but none of
the control patients. |
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