Background: HBV is a common major health problem in Egypt and world-wild with burden on nationalhealth care system. The association betweenHBV infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been reported over the past decade. However, the relationship between HBV infection and T2DM remains controversial. Aim: to study the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among hepatitis B patients in Suez, Egypt. Patients and Methods: the study included 216 HBV infected patients who attend for regular follow-up in the communicable disease research and training center-Suez city, Egypt. Medical information was collected from patients’ medicalrecord. Results: the prevalence of Diabetes among HBV patients was 20.4 %. About 29.6 % of HBV patients had liver cirrhosis, and 4.6% had HCC. The majority (54.54 %) of patients having both HBV and DM weremales. Conclusion:DMis a common medical condition in patients withHBV.
R. Moussa, F. (2018). Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among Hepatitis B Infected Patients Attending Communicable Disease Research and Training Center, Suez City, Egypt. Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 21(2), 113-119. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2018.43544
MLA
Fatma R. Moussa. "Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among Hepatitis B Infected Patients Attending Communicable Disease Research and Training Center, Suez City, Egypt", Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 21, 2, 2018, 113-119. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2018.43544
HARVARD
R. Moussa, F. (2018). 'Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among Hepatitis B Infected Patients Attending Communicable Disease Research and Training Center, Suez City, Egypt', Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 21(2), pp. 113-119. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2018.43544
VANCOUVER
R. Moussa, F. Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among Hepatitis B Infected Patients Attending Communicable Disease Research and Training Center, Suez City, Egypt. Suez Canal University Medical Journal, 2018; 21(2): 113-119. doi: 10.21608/scumj.2018.43544
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