Author:
Nizamuddin .,Ghaffar Tahir,Kanwal Shaista,Jan Bakhti,Aamir Muhammad Salman,Haq Tanveer ul,Rahman Adnan,Ali Muhammad
Abstract
Diabetes and hepatitis C infection are prevalent worldwide. The one chronic disease the later communicable disease is associated as far mortality is concern. People with hepatitis C infection are prone to develop type 2 diabetes. Objective: To find out the frequency of diabetes mellitus in chronic hepatitis C infected patients admitted to Department of Medicine, Khyber Teaching Hospital KPK. Methods: A cross-sectional Descriptive Study was conducted having 104 patients aged 15 years and above from both genders in department of Medicine for a duration of one year from 2nd March 2020 to 26th February 2021.The inclusion criteria were set for patients who were hepatitis C positive for at least two months investigated through detection of HCV antibodies by ELISA. Chronic hepatitis C was diagnosed on the basis of detecting HCV antibodies by ELISA, and confirmed by detecting HCV RNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed on the basis of random blood sugar above 200 mg/dL, fasting blood sugar above 126 mg/dL on two occasions or HBA1C above 6.5 % (diagnostic criteria designed by ADA). Results: Only 21 (21%) were found to have newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus with a p value 0.37. Those with impaired glucose levels were found in 15(15%), and 59(59%) were with normal glucose level. Conclusions: Our study did not find any statistical significance in our result with p-value= (0.37).
Publisher
CrossLinks International Publishers
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