CORRELATION BETWEEN HEPATITIS C AND DIABETES MELLITUS: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Objective: The aim of our study was to establish any co-relation between Hepatitis C and Diabetes Mellitus. Methodology: We collect our data from Madina Teaching Hospital and Allied Hospital Faisalabad during period of April to June 2014, with the help of questionnaire method. We did a cross sectional study on 100 patients in which 50 were diabetics and 50 were HCV positive. We did not include HBV infected patients and Type 1 diabetes patients. Results: According to our study results, 19% patients were co-infected with both diseases. Among them, 34% diabetics developed HCV infection and 4% HCV positive developed diabetes later in life. Moreover, 26% of co-infected patients had positive family history for both diseases. 58% of the co-infected patients were taking injectable therapy for diabetes mellitus and 53% of them had the average glucose level >300mg/dl. There were 42% patients who developed hypertension, 11% developed lung diseases, 5% developed heart diseases while 42% had not developed any other disease. Conclusion: So, it can be concluded that there is a co-relation between type 2 diabetes and HCV infection but it is undetermined either HCV leads to diabetes mellitus or vice versa. Key Words: Diabetes Mellitus, hepatitis C, correlation