Research Article
Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Hepatitis C Virus Infected Population: A Southeast Asian Study
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristic | HCV cases (%) | Cirrhotic (%) | Noncirrhotic (%) | value |
| Age—years (mean SD) | | | | 0.001* | Range | 18–75 | 18–75 | 18–75 | — | 18–40 | 127 (35.1) | 44 (20.8) | 83 (55.3) | 0.001* | 40 | 234 (64.8) | 167 (79.1) | 67 (44.6) | Gender | | | | | Male | 190 (52.6) | 124 (58.7) | 66 (44) | 0.006* | Female | 171 (47.3) | 87 (41.2) | 84 (56) | Residence | | | | | Urban | 171 (47.3) | 88 (41.7) | 83 (55.3) | 0.01* | Rural | 190 (52.6) | 123 (58.2) | 67 (44.6) | Education | | | | | 5 years | 234 (64.8) | 124 (58.7) | 92 (61.3) | 0.24 | 5 years | 127 (35.1) | 87 (41.2) | 58 (38.6) | Marital status | | | | | Single | 20 (5.54) | 7 (3.31) | 13 (8.66) | 0.02* | Married | 341 (94.4) | 204 (96.6) | 137 (91.3) | Weight—kg | | | | | 70 | 232 (64.2) | 135 (63.9) | 97 (64.6) | 0.89 | 70 | 129 (35.7) | 76 (36.0) | 53 (35.3) | BMI—kg/ | | | | | 27 | 176 (48.7) | 108 (51.1) | 68 (45.3) | 0.27 | 27 | 185 (51.2) | 103 (48.8) | 82 (54.6) | Type2 DM | | | | | Yes | 114 (31.5) | 81 (38.3) | 33 (22) | 0.001* | No | 247 (68.5) | 130 (61.6) | 117 (78) | Family history of DM | | | | | Yes | 109 (30.1) | 58 (27.4) | 51 (34) | 0.18 | No | 252 (69.8) | 153 (72.5) | 99 (66) | Viral genotypes | | | | | Genotype 1 | 33 (9.14) | 31 (14.6) | 17 (11.3) | 0.73 | Genotype 2 | 3 (0.83) | 2 (0.94) | 1 (0.66) | Genotype 3 | 311 (86.1) | 171 (81.0) | 125 (83.3) | Genotype 4 | 14 (3.87) | 7 (3.31) | 7 (4.66) |
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Statistically significant value 0.05. DM: diabetes mellitus, BMI: body mass index.
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