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Title: No Link Between Hepatitis C and Diabetes
Post by: iana5252 on February 10, 2014, 02:14:29 pm
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New Study Casts Doubt on Link Between Hep C and Diabetes

A new research paper has found no link between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and diabetes, contrasting previous findings. Publishing their results in the journal Hepatology, investigators analyzed population-based data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on more than 15,000 adults participating in the 1999 to 2010 surveys. Those in the study cohort had data on their diabetes status as well as on hep C antibodies or hep C RNA.

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