Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients Are ‘Spared’ from the Metabolic Syndrome but Not from Insulin Resistance. A Comparative Study of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus-Related Steatosis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and chronic hepatitis C feature steatosis and insulin resistance (IR), conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome (MS).