The relationship between diabetes and hepatitis C virus is a complicated one. Despite years of research involving a host of studies and meta-analyses, the clinical community has failed to reach a consensus on the nature of the association between the two diseases.
Some research suggests that curing HCV would reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes, that controlling diabetes would improve HCV outcomes, and that adequately treating one condition would allow the other to be more manageable. In conflict with those studies, recent data published in Hepatologysuggested no association between HCV and diabetes.
“The link between HCV and diabetes is multifactorial and not completely understood,” Salvatore Petta, MD, PhD, specialist and lecturer in gastroenterology at the University of Palermo, Italy, said in an interview.
Uncertainty aside, Endocrine Today interviewed leading experts about the link between HCV and diabetes, the current evidence base, treatment options and what is needed in the future to fully understand this association.
“The link between HCV and diabetes is multifactorial and not completely understood,” Salvatore Petta, MD, PhD, specialist and lecturer in gastroenterology at the University of Palermo, Italy, said in an interview.
Uncertainty aside, Endocrine Today interviewed leading experts about the link between HCV and diabetes, the current evidence base, treatment options and what is needed in the future to fully understand this association.
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