Frequency and factors associated with hepatitis C virus infection among patients with diabetes, Dammam, KSA

Abstract

The study confirmed a positive association between HCV and DM. The frequency of HCV among patients with diabetes was 1.9%. Predictors of HCV among DM patients were sharing articles, elevated transaminases, occupational exposure to blood or its products, disease duration more than 5 years, tattooing, blood transfusion, and hospitalization more than two times. We recommend screening for HCV among DM patients with elevated serum transaminases and those having the disease for more than 5 years and education of patients with diabetes as regards their high risk for HCV and how to avoid infection.

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“…Our result was slightly lower than that of Nigeria, 2009 (11%),17 India, 2016 (11%),18 Alger, 2012 (12.9%),19 and Pakistan, 2010 (13.7%),20 whereas it was much lower than reports from Iraq, 2015 (15%),21 DHQ teaching hospital, 2014 (27.38%)22 and Egypt, 2007 (32%) 23. On the other hand, a higher burden (7.5%) of HCV infection we found was higher compared to that of Sudan, 2014 (1.7%),24 Saudi, 2016 (1.9%),25 and Turkey, 2015 (3.8%) 26…”

“…Even though this study did not detect any significant epidemiological factors of HCV infection, other studies showed factors associated with HCV infections among DM patients. These included sharing materials, elevated transaminases, exposure to blood or its products, disease duration, tattooing, blood transfusion, and hospitalization more than two times.25…”