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Professional Medical Journal-Quarterly [The]. 2015; 22 (10): 1278-1283
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-177019

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in Type II Diabetes Mellitus patients and its associated risk factors in our population


Duration and Place of Study: Study was conducted in Jinnah Post graduate Medical Centre, Karachi between December 2013 to December 2014


Study Design: It is a Cross-sectional study


Data collection and Results: Data was collected from registered diabetic patients, 355 diagnosed Type II diabetes mellitus patients including 128[36.1%] males and 227[63.9%] females were selected and their Hepatitis C screening was done by ICT method. The bio-data of the patients, history and duration of diabetes mellitus, history of blood transfusion, previous surgery, accidents, shaving from barber, tattooing, nose piercing, acupuncture, insulin use were recorded on a proforma. Out of the 355 diabetes mellituspatients tested, 33 were positive for anti-HCV antibodies giving a prevalence of 9.3%


Conclusion:There is increased prevalence of HCV infection in diabetic patients when compared with general prevalence of HCV in Pakistan

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