Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Algerian patients with hepatitis C virus infection

Table 1 Characteristics of all patients in the chronic viral hepatitis cohort n (%)

Clinical features	Virological diagnosis		P
	HBV (n = 126)	HCV (n = 290)
Age (yr)
< 40	57 (45.2)	13 (4.5)	< 0.001
40-59	60 (47.6)	193 (66.6)	< 0.001
≥ 60	9 (7.1)	84 (29)	< 0.001
Male sex	79 (62.7)	78 (26.9)	< 0.001
Family history of diabetes	38 (30.2)	103 (35.5)	0.28
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	25.22 ± 4.48	26.27 ± 4.51	0.05
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2	68 (54)	161 (55.5)	0.42
Metabolic syndrome	20 (15.9)	122 (42.1)	< 0.0001
Increased ALT	15 (11.9)	177 (61)	< 0.0001
Cirrhosis	5 (4)	51 (17.6)	0.00018

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; BMI: Body mass index; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.