Table 3 Laboratory findings of diabetic and nondiabetic HCV cases.
From: Association of HCV with diabetes mellitus: an Egyptian case-control study
Laboratory findings | HCV Cases | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Non diabetic No (%) | Diabetic No (%) | Â |
Abnormal Liver function | Â | Â | Â |
• High ALT | 174 (76) | 34 (89.5) | 0.06 |
• High AST | 170 (75. 2) | 24 (64.9) | 0.18 |
• High ALKP | 21 (19.1) | 5 (25) | 0.76 |
• High BIL | 31 (17.5) | 8 (26.7) | 0.24 |
Abnormal Hemogram | Â | Â | Â |
• Anemia | 29 (14.6) | 4 (12.1) | 0.92 |
• Thrombocytopenia | 44 (23.4) | 13 (41.9) | 0.07 |
• Leukopenia | 48 (24.9) | 9 (27.3) | 0.99 |
• Neutropenia | 60 (39.5) | 9 (36.0) | 0.74 |
• Lymphopenia | 9 (5.5) | 1(3.2) | 0.91 |
Autoimmune markers | Â | Â | Â |
• Positive ANA | 10 (11.8) | 2 (11.1) | 0.75 |
• Positive RF | 79 (59.0) | 13 (52.0) | 0.67 |
High Alpha-Feto protein | 21(21) | 3(3) | 1.00 |
High Blood GLUC | 0 | 40 (100) | 0.0001 |
High Glycosylated Hb | 3 (60) | 7 (58.33) | 0.633 |
High TSH | 3 (2.77) | 0 | 0.811 |