Hepatitis B virus activity is not associated with degree of liver steatosis in patients with hepatitis B-related chronic liver disease.

Thomas WorlandRoss ApostolovKhashayar AsadiChristopher Leung

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)

Our work is concordant with the manuscript from Zhu et al; we found no significant correlation between hepatitis B viral activity and degree of steatohepatitis.

Keyphrases

hepatitis b virus
liver failure
insulin resistance
high fat diet
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle