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Fabiani S, Fallahi P, Ferrari SM, Miccoli M, Antonelli A. Hepatitis C virus infection and development of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2018; 19:405-420. [PMID: 29322398 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-017-9440-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an endocrine disorder encompassing multifactorial mechanisms, and chronic hepatitis C virus infection (CHC) is a multifaceted disorder, associated with extrahepatic manifestations, including endocrinological disorders. CHC and T2DM are associated, but the subject remains controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating such association, searching on PubMed until February 29, 2016. Inclusion criteria were: 1) presence of at least one internal control group age- and gender-matched (non-hepatopathic controls; and/or hepatopathic, not HCV-positive, controls); 2) sufficient data to calculate odds ratio and relative risk. Exclusion criteria were: 1) literature reviews on the topic; 2) publications regarding special populations [human immunodeficiency virus and human T-lymphotropic virus-1 coinfections, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), post-transplantation DM, gender selection]; 3) no clear differentiation among HCV patients with CHC, cirrhosis or HCC. Data from each study were independently extracted by two reviewers and cross-checked by AA. Our systematic review returned 544 records, and 33 were included in our meta-analysis. HCV infection is associated with an increased risk of T2DM independently from the severity of the associated liver disease, in CHC and cirrhotic HCV patients. As expected T2DM risk is higher in cirrhotic HCV patients, than CHC, and the prevalence of HCV infection in T2DM patients is higher than in non-diabetic controls. Regarding HBV infection prevalence, no difference exists in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. An unequivocal CHC and T2DM association was shown. A proactive, integrated approach to HCV and T2DM therapies should maximize benefits of both diseases treatment.
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- Silvia Fabiani
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Savi 10, I-56126, Pisa, Italy.
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Willis SJ, Cole SR, Westreich D, Edmonds A, Hurt CB, Albrecht S, Anastos K, Augenbraun M, Fischl M, French AL, Kalapila AG, Karim R, Peters MG, Plankey M, Seaberg EC, Tien PC, Adimora AA. Chronic hepatitis C virus infection and subsequent HIV viral load among women with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2018; 32:653-661. [PMID: 29334550 PMCID: PMC6024258 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVES One in four persons living with HIV is coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Biological and behavioral mechanisms may increase HIV viral load among coinfected persons. Therefore, we estimated the longitudinal effect of chronic HCV on HIV suppression after ART initiation among women with HIV (WWH). DESIGN HIV RNA was measured every 6 months among 441 WWH in the Women's Interagency HIV Study who initiated ART from 2000 to 2015. METHODS Log-binomial regression models were used to compare the proportion of study visits with detectable HIV RNA between women with and without chronic HCV. Robust sandwich variance estimators accounted for within-person correlation induced by repeated HIV RNA measurements during follow-up. We controlled for confounding and selection bias (because of loss to follow-up and death) using inverse probability-of-exposure-and-censoring weights. RESULTS One hundred and fourteen women (25%) had chronic HCV before ART initiation. Overall, the proportion of visits with detectable HIV RNA was similar among women with and without chronic HCV [relative risk (RR) 1.19 (95% CI 0.72, 1.95)]. Six months after ART initiation, the proportion of visits with detectable HIV RNA among women with chronic HCV was 1.88 (95% CI 1.41-2.51) times that among women without HCV, at 2 years, the ratio was 1.60 (95% CI 1.17-2.19), and by 6 years there was no difference (1.03; 95% CI 0.60-1.79). CONCLUSION Chronic HCV may negatively impact early HIV viral response to ART. These findings reaffirm the need to test persons with HIV for HCV infection, and increase engagement in HIV care and access to HCV treatment among persons with HIV/HCV coinfection.
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- Sarah J Willis
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
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- Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx
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- Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
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- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Tsiara CG, Nikolopoulos GK, Dimou NL, Bagos PG, Saroglou G, Velonakis E, Hatzakis A. Effect of hepatitis C virus on immunological and virological responses in HIV-infected patients initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy: a meta-analysis. J Viral Hepat 2013; 20:715-24. [PMID: 24010646 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is rather common. In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), viral hepatitis could result in adverse outcomes in HIV+ patients. The current meta-analysis aims to evaluate the impact of HCV on immunological and virological responses after HAART initiation in HIV/HCV co-infected individuals by synthesizing the existing scientific evidence. A comprehensive search of electronic databases was performed. Eligible studies were analysed using univariate and multivariate meta-analytic methods. Totally, 21 studies involving 22533 individuals were eligible. The estimated summary difference in CD4 cell counts increase between HIV and HIV/HCV co-infected subjects after 3-12 months on HAART was 34.86 cells/mm(3) [95% confidence interval (CI): 16.82-52.89]. The difference was more prominent in patients with baseline CD4 counts below 350 cells/mm(3) (38.97, 95% CI: 20.00-57.93) and attenuated 2 years later (13.43, 95% CI: 0.83-26.04). The analysis of ratio measures yielded similar findings. The virological control remained unaffected by the presence of HCV (adjusted Hazard Ratio for co-infected patients vs those with HIV alone: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.91-1.07). The bivariate meta-analytic method confirmed the results of the univariate approaches. This meta-analysis supports the adverse effect of HCV on immune recovery of HIV+ patients initiating HAART, especially of those with initially impaired immunologic status. Although this effect diminishes over time, early administration of HAART in the setting of co-infection seems to be justified.
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- C G Tsiara
- Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece
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Tripathi A, Jerrell JM, Liese AD, Zhang J, Rizvi AA, Albrecht H, Duffus WA. Association of clinical and therapeutic factors with incident dyslipidemia in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus-infected and non-infected adults: 1994-2011. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 2013; 11:417-26. [PMID: 23909647 DOI: 10.1089/met.2013.0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate of dyslipidemia in a retrospective cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and non-HIV-infected adults and to evaluate the association of incident dyslipidemia with exposure to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). METHODS The study cohort included HIV-infected individuals and a matched group of non-HIV-infected individuals served through the South Carolina Medicaid database in 1994-2011. Linkage with the HIV/AIDS surveillance database provided time-varying viro-immunological status. Time-dependent proportional hazards analysis and marginal structural models were used to assess the demographic, therapeutic, and clinical factors associated with incident dyslipidemia. RESULTS Among 13,632 adults with a median age of 39 years, the overall incidence rate per 1000 person years of dyslipidemia was higher in cART-treated compared to cART-naïve and matched non-HIV groups (24.55 vs. 14.32 vs. 23.23, respectively). Multivariable results suggested a significantly higher risk of dyslipidemia in the cART-treated HIV-infected group [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR)=1.18; 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.07-1.30] and a significantly lower risk in the cART naïve HIV-infected group (aHR=0.66; CI=0.53-0.82) compared to the control non-HIV-infected group. Marginal structural modeling suggested a significant association between incident dyslipidemia and exposure to both protease inhibitor- [adjusted rate ratio (aRR)=1.27; CI=1.08-1.49] and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor- (aRR=1.78; CI=1.19-2.66) based cART regimens. Pre-existing hypertension, obesity, and diabetes increased the risk of dyslipidemia, whereas hepatitis C virus, lower CD4(+) T cell count, and higher HIV viral load had a protective effect. CONCLUSIONS Incident dyslipidemia is lower in the early stages of HIV infection, but may significantly increase with cumulative exposure to cART. Viro-immunological status and underlying comorbidities have a strong association with the onset of dyslipidemia.
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- Avnish Tripathi
- 1 Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine , Jackson, Mississippi
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Impact of NRTIs on lipid levels among a large HIV-infected cohort initiating antiretroviral therapy in clinical care. AIDS 2011; 25:185-95. [PMID: 21150555 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328341f925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE to assess the associations between nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and change in lipid levels among a large cohort of HIV-infected patients in routine clinical care initiating their first potent antiretroviral regimen. DESIGN longitudinal observational cohort study from the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS) cohort. METHODS we used generalized estimating equations to examine the association between NRTIs and lipids accounting for within-patient correlations between repeated measures and key clinical and demographic characteristics including other antiretroviral medications. RESULTS among 2267 individuals who started their first antiretroviral regimen, tenofovir with emtricitabine or lamivudine was associated with lower levels for total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglycerides, non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and HDL, compared with other NRTI pairs in adjusted analyses. LDL levels were highest among patients receiving didanosine/lamivudine. Triglyceride levels were highest in stavudine/lamivudine users. HDL levels were highest among patients receiving didanosine/stavudine. Hepatitis C infection and younger age were also associated with lower lipid levels. CONCLUSION we found clinically important heterogeneity within the NRTI class of antiretroviral medications regarding their effect on lipid levels over time. Although the lipid profile of tenofovir with emtricitabine or lamivudine appeared to be less pro-atherogenic in this large longitudinal study of HIV-infected patients in routine clinical care, there was no association with beneficial HDL levels. In general, the change in lipid levels associated with most antiretroviral agents, particularly those NRTI combinations currently in common use, are relatively modest. Additional studies are needed to understand the long-term implications of these findings on cardiovascular disease risk.
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Lonardo A, Adinolfi LE, Petta S, Craxì A, Loria P. Hepatitis C and diabetes: the inevitable coincidence? Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2009; 7:293-308. [PMID: 19344243 DOI: 10.1586/eri.09.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and HCV infection are common conditions involving, respectively, at least 170 and 130 million people worldwide. However, the distribution of such cases does not overlap in the same age groups in different geographic areas. Following pioneering reports of increased prevalence of T2D in HCV-positive cirrhosis, interest concerning the relationship between HCV and T2D has escalated. HCV is able to induce insulin resistance (IR) directly and the role of specific viral genotypes responsible for such effect is disputed. IR has consistently been found to be closely linked to fibrosis in HCV infection, although also typically associated with T2D in prefibrotic stages. HCV infection could be associated with a reduced prevalence of metabolic syndrome owing to virus-associated reduction in BMI (reported in population but not clinical studies) and hypobetaliproteinemia. A three- to ten-fold increased risk of HCV infection was reported among diabetic patients in comparison with different control groups and a meta-analysis showed a 1.8-fold excess risk of T2D among HCV-positive compared with HBV-positive patients. Moreover, HCV positivity is associated with an increased risk of T2D in patients receiving liver or kidney transplantations. T2D and IR are independent predictors of a more rapid progression of liver fibrosis and impaired response to antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis C. Patients with cirrhosis and T2D have an increased susceptibility to hepatic encephalopathy and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the beneficial effects of antiviral treatment on IR and T2D are controversial. Theoretically, glycemic control in chronic hepatitis C, and particularly in cirrhotic patients, could improve the prognosis and the response to antivirals, although the evidence for this is limited. Future studies should elucidate the relationship between insulin signaling, HCV and interferon signaling, entity of cardiovascular risk in patients with HCV infection, the potential role of 'metabolic' strategies added to antiviral treatment schedules, the impact of IR on liver failure, portal hypertension and HCC, particularly in patients managed in a transplant setting.
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- Amedeo Lonardo
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Several studies found hepatitis C (HCV) increases risk of Type II diabetes mellitus (DM). However, others found no or only sub-group specific excess risk. We performed meta-analyses to examine whether HCV infection does increase DM risk in comparison to the general population and in other sub-groups with increased liver disease rates including with hepatitis B (HBV). METHODS We followed standard guidelines for performance of meta-analyses. Two independent investigators identified eligible studies through structured keyword searches in relevant databases including PubMed. RESULTS We identified 34 eligible studies. Pooled estimators indicated significant DM risk in HCV-infected cases in comparison to non-infected controls in both retrospective (OR(adjusted)=1.68, 95% CI 1.15-2.20) and prospective studies (HR(adjusted)=1.67, 95% CI 1.28-2.06). Excess risk was also observed in comparison to HBV-infected controls (OR(adjusted)=1.80, 95% CI 1.20-1.40) with suggestive excess observed in HCV+/HIV+ cases in comparison to HIV+ controls (OR(unadjusted)=1.82, 95% CI 1.27-2.38). CONCLUSIONS Our finding of excess DM risk with HCV infection in comparison to non-infected controls is strengthened by consistency of results from both prospective and retrospective studies. The excess risk observed in comparison to HBV-infected controls suggests a potential direct viral role in promoting DM risk, but this needs to be further examined.
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- Donna L. White
- Section of Gastroenterology and Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas,Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies and Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Service d'Hépatogastroentérologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Section of Gastroenterology and Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas,Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies and Section of Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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