Journal of Hepatology
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 712-718, April 2009

Insulin resistance predicts response to peginterferon-alpha/ribavirin combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients☆

  • Chia-Yen Dai

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Jee-Fu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ming-Yen Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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  • Nai-Jen Hou

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Zu-Yau Lin

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shinn-Chern Chen

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Ming-Yuh Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Liang-Yen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Yu Chang

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wan-Long Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 7 3121101x7475; fax: +886-7-3234553.
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Ming-Lung Yu

      Affiliations

    • Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 27 July 2008; received in revised form 4 December 2008; accepted 9 December 2008. published online 06 February 2009.

Associate Editor: F. Negro

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☆ The authors who have taken part in the research of this paper declared that they do not have a relationship with the manufacturers of the drugs involved either in the past or present and they did not receive funding from the manufacturers to carry out their research.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00055-5

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2008.12.017

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 712-718, April 2009

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