Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Fig. 2.   Frequency distribution of diabetes in patients with either HBV infection or HCV infection stratified by quintiles of age. (A) The entire cohort (HBV vs. HCV from youngest to oldest quintile, 12% vs. 8%, P = .32; 5% vs. 15%, P = .03; 12% vs. 26%, P = .02; 19% vs. 36%, P = .01; 26% vs. 31%, P = .34 ). (B) After excluding subjects with conditions predisposing to diabetes (HBV vs. HCV from youngest to oldest quintile, 13% vs. 8%, P = .36; 4% vs. 11%, P = .14; 9% vs. 23%, P = .02; 14% vs. 31%, P = .01; 28% vs. 29%, P = .91 ). *P < .05 for differences in frequency of diabetes in HBV cohort vs. HCV. (), HBV; (), HCV.

 

 

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