Association between hepatitis C infection and cerebro-cardiovascular disease: analysis of a national population-based survey in Egypt.

Mohsen Gadallah Sahar K Kandil Amira Mohsen

Published in: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (2018)

The association of both past HCV exposure and chronic infection with diabetes and that of past HCV exposure with CCV disease may suggest targeting HCV-positive reactors for preventive and curative programmes addressing extrahepatic complications.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
human immunodeficiency virus
risk factors
quality improvement
cross sectional
cancer therapy
rectal cancer
metabolic syndrome
cardiovascular risk factors
skeletal muscle
weight loss