Metabolic risk factors for liver inflammation in a cohort of chronic hepatitis C patients
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Methods We conducted a cross-sectional non-interventional study on CHC patients evaluated in a tertiary hospital in Bucharest between December 2012-August 2013. We measured fasting serum lipids, glucose, liver transaminases, inflammatory proteins, and viral load. We calculated body-mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WTH). Cardiovascular risk was assessed with Framingham risk score, metabolic syndrome was defined with ATPIII criteria. Liver histology was assessed with noninvasive Fibromax tests (Biopredictive, France). For statistical analysis we used SPSS (version 12.0).
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