ABSTRACT
Objective: to evaluate the frequency of type-2 diabetes mellitus in patients having hepatitis C virus genotype 3[ a] infection, which is the most common type of genotype in our population
Material and Methods: a total number of 200 were enrolled from outpatient department of services hospital Lahore which is a tertiary care hospital. This was a descriptive, cross sectional survey. Both male and female patients fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in the study. The patients having chronic hepatitis C infection with genotype 3[a] were screened for diabetes mellitus according to the operational definition
Results: a total number of 200 patients including 114 males and 86 females were enrolled for study. There ages ranged from 25 to 60 years. Type 2 diabetes mellitus was found in 54.42 %[ n=80] male patients and 45.58 %[ n=67] female patients. Out of 200 patients having HCV genotype 3[a] infection, 147[73.5%] had diabetes mellitus
Conclusion: we concluded that frequency of type-2 diabetes mellitus is high among patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 3[a]. So it is recommended that every patient who present with hepatitis C virus genotype 3[a] infection should be screened for type-2 diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, it is also recommended that every setup should have closed surveillance of their patients in order to know the frequency of the problem