Clinical Study

HOMA-AD in Assessing Insulin Resistance in Lean Noncirrhotic HCV Outpatients

Table 3

HOMA-IR according to viral characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Variables HOMA-IR

Genotype92
 Non-374 (80.4%)1.94 (1.51–3.61)0.890
 318 (19.6%)1.93 (1.46–3.56)
Fibrosis stage*89
 F0/F163 (70.8%)1.93 (1.51–2.93)0.207
 F2/F326 (29.2%)2.75 (1.55–3.95)
Viral load73
 >400.000 UI/mL55 (75.3%)1.53 (1.17–2.35)0.027
 <400.000 UI/mL18 (24.7%)2.21 (1.29–3.76)

*METAVIR.