Shabnam Naveed, Syed Masroor Ahmed, Zeeshan Ali, Romana Awan, Humaira Zakir, Lubna Ghazi.
HEPATITIS C INFECTION; Type II diabetes mellitus patients in a tertiary care hospital, Karachi.
Professional Med J Jan ;22(10):1278-83.

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 infectionin diabetic patients when compared with general prevalence of HCV in Pakistan.

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