Open AccessEffect of vitamin D supplementation on sustained virological response in genotype 1/4 chronic hepatitis C treatment-naïve patients from India
Author(s) -
Manas Kumar Behera,
Supriya Shukla,
Vinod Kumar Dixit,
Preetam Nath,
V. B. Abhilash,
Pankaj Asati,
Ashok Kumar Jain
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1295_15
Subject(s) - ribavirin , medicine , gastroenterology , vitamin d and neurology , odds ratio , vitamin , vitamin d deficiency , pegylated interferon , confidence interval , hepatitis c virus , immunology , virus
The effect of vitamin D supplementation on response to antiviral therapy in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 and 4 infection still remains unclear, with studies yielding inconsistent results. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation on treatment outcome in patients with genotype 1/4 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection.