Open AccessPrevalence and factors affecting occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Saudi patients with chronic liver disease
Author(s) -
Ashwani K. Singal,
Ayobanji E. Ayoola
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.41729
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , diabetes mellitus , cirrhosis , hepatocellular carcinoma , chronic liver disease , liver disease , hbsag , type 2 diabetes mellitus , hepatitis b , comorbidity , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , disease , retrospective cohort study , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis c , immunology , virus , endocrinology
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2) is more common in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) in general and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in particular. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors affecting the occurrence of DM-2 in Saudi patients with CLD.