- Autori:
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Fattovich, Giovanna; Covolo, L; Pasino, Michela; Perini, E; Rossi, L; Brocco, Giorgio; Guido, M; Cristofori, C; Belotti, C; Puoti, M; Gaeta, Gb; Santantonio, T; Raimondo, G; Bruno, R; Minola, E; Negro, F; Donato, F; Italian Hepatitis C., Cohort Study Collaborative Group
- Titolo:
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The homestasis model assessment of the insulin resistance score is not predictive of a sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients.
- Anno:
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2011
- Tipologia prodotto:
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Articolo in Rivista
- Tipologia ANVUR:
- Articolo su rivista
- Lingua:
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Inglese
- Formato:
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A Stampa
- Referee:
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Sì
- Nome rivista:
- LIVER INTERNATIONAL
- ISSN Rivista:
- 1478-3223
- N° Volume:
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31
- Numero o Fascicolo:
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1
- Intervallo pagine:
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66-74
- Parole chiave:
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insulin resistance; hepatitis C; antiviral therapy
- Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
- OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the independent association between the homeostasis model assessment of the insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) score and rapid virological response (RVR) and sustained virological response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C (CHC).
METHODS:
Observational prospective cohort study of 412 CHC patients [59% males; mean age 45 years; genotype 1 (44%), 2 (32%), 3 (19%) and 4 (5%)] treated with pegylated interferon α plus ribavirin.
RESULTS:
A HOMA-IR ≥2.0 was present in 49% and a metabolic syndrome in 4% of patients. By multivariate analysis, independent predictors of SVR were the lack of advanced fibrosis (≥F3) in genotype 1 and a lower body mass index in genotype 3 patients. In the subgroup of patients in whom HCV-RNA was evaluated at week 4 (n = 281), independent predictors of RVR were HCV-RNA <700,000 IU/ml, age <40 years and lower aspartate aminotransferase:alanine aminotransferase ratio in genotype 1 and baseline HOMA-IR ≤2 in genotype 3 patients. No predictive factor of RVR was identified among genotype 2 patients. RVR was the strongest predictor of SVR among genotype 1 or 3 patients.
CONCLUSIONS:
In this series of treatment-naïve, Caucasian CHC patients at a low risk for the metabolic syndrome, HOMA-IR is not a predictor of SVR, irrespective of the HCV genotype, although it may predict RVR in genotype 3 infection.
- Note:
- Comment in
Insulin resistance and sustained virological response in hepatitis C: from bench to bedside. [Liver Int. 2011]
- Id prodotto:
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59048
- Handle IRIS:
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11562/346055
- depositato il:
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10 febbraio 2011
- ultima modifica:
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15 novembre 2022
- Citazione bibliografica:
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Fattovich, Giovanna; Covolo, L; Pasino, Michela; Perini, E; Rossi, L; Brocco, Giorgio; Guido, M; Cristofori, C; Belotti, C; Puoti, M; Gaeta, Gb; Santantonio, T; Raimondo, G; Bruno, R; Minola, E; Negro, F; Donato, F; Italian Hepatitis C., Cohort Study Collaborative Group,
The homestasis model assessment of the insulin resistance score is not predictive of a sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients.
«LIVER INTERNATIONAL»
, vol.
31
, n.
1
,
2011
,
pp. 66-74
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