Serum retinol-binding protein 4 is inversely correlated with disease severity of chronic hepatitis C

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6109892	Journal of Hepatology	2009	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Disease severity may limit the role of RBP4 as a predictor of IR in CHC.

Keywords

Chronic HCV infection RBP4 CHC IGT FPG OGTT ALT HOMA-IR LDL-C IFG HDL-C Oral glucose tolerance test Alanine aminotransferase impaired glucose tolerance Impaired fasting glucose Liver histology Triglycerides Diabetes mellitus body mass index BMI Fasting plasma glucose high-density lipoprotein cholesterol Insulin resistance Hepatitis C virus HCV Retinol-binding protein 4 Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

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Serum retinol-binding protein 4 is inversely correlated with disease severity of chronic hepatitis C

Authors

Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Ming-Lung Yu, Shyi-Jang Shin, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Chung-Feng Huang, Li-Po Lee, Kun-Der Lin, Zu-Yau Lin, Shinn-Chern Chen, Ming-Yuh Hsieh, Liang-Yen Wang, Wen-Yu Chang, Wan-Long Chuang,