Increased body fat percentage in patients with hepatitis B and C virus infection

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 7; p. e0200164
• Main Authors: Chen, Yuan-Yuei, Fang, Wen-Hui, Wang, Chung-Ching, Kao, Tung-Wei, Chang, Yaw-Wen, Yang, Hui-Fang, Wu, Chen-Jung, Sun, Yu-Shan, Chen, Wei-Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 02.07.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abnormalities; Adipocytes; Adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging; Adipose Tissue - pathology; Adult; Anthropometry; Antigens; Bioelectricity; Biology and life sciences; Blood Glucose; Body Composition; Body fat; Body measurements; Coinfection - blood; Coinfection - diagnostic imaging; Coinfection - epidemiology; Coinfection - pathology; Complications and side effects; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Disease resistance; F Factor; Female; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Glucose; Health aspects; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - blood; Hepatitis B - diagnostic imaging; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis B - pathology; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C - blood; Hepatitis C - diagnostic imaging; Hepatitis C - pathology; Hepatitis C Antibodies - blood; Hepatology; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Internal medicine; Liver diseases; Male; Medicine; Medicine and health sciences; Middle Aged; Model testing; Obesity; Pathogenesis; Regression analysis; Regression models; Review boards; Risk factors; Studies; Subgroups; Systematic review; Virology; Viruses; United States > US; China; Baltimore Maryland; Taiwan
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200164

Accumulated evidence has suggested associations between glucose abnormalities and insulin resistance with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. However, few studies have reported the effect of hepatitis virus infections on body composition. Our aim was to explore the associ...