60METABOLIC DISORDERS AND BODY COMPOSITION ALTERATIONS AS RISK FACTORS FOR CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS C PROGRESSION

Keywords: chronic viral hepatitis C, body impedance composition, nutritive status.
Abstarct: The detection of individual risk factors (RF) of chronic viral hepatitis C (CVHC) progression is an important problem of current hepatology. Such modified RF as insulin resistance, obesity, liver steatosis, metabolic syndrome as a whole negatively impact the results of antiviral therapy. Some data concerning incidence and significance of insulin resistance in CVHC, body composition disorders and methods of its evaluation are adduced.

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