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Flowchart of the patients included in the study.
Other causes of exclusion include hepatitis C virus coinfection, the presence of active opportunistic infections, current inflammatory diseases or conditions, consumption of drugs with known metabolic effects, type 2 diabetes mellitus, acute or chronic renal failure, pregnancy, history of vaccination during the previous year and plasma C-reactive protein more than 1 mg/dl.
