Table 2.
Analysis of variables associated with diabetes in chronic viral hepatitis n (%)
| Variables |
Virological diagnosis |
P | |
| HBV (n = 121) | HCV (n = 261) | ||
| Diabetic | 6 (5) | 102 (39.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Age (yr) | |||
| < 40 | 0/56 (0) | 1/12 (8.3) | |
| 40-59 | 4/58 (6.9) | 61/174 (35.1) | < 0.0001 |
| ≥ 60 | 2/7 (28.6) | 40/75 (52.6) | 0.56 |
| Family history of diabetes | 1/37 (2.7) | 52/92 (56.5) | < 0.0001 |
| BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 | 5/66 (7.6) | 70/147 (47.6) | < 0.0001 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 4/18 (22.2) | 75/108 (69.4) | < 0.001 |
| Increased ALT | 2/14 (14.3) | 79/155 (51) | 0.01 |
| Cirrhosis | 1/5 (20) | 29/43 (67.4) | 0.058 |
| No cirrhosis | 5/116 (4.3) | 73/218 (33.5) | < 0.0001 |
HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.