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Chronic Hepatitis C, Genotyping, Metabolic Status and Body Mass Index in Iranian Population

Shahnaz Sali, Seyed Moayed Alavian, Illad Alavi and Azade Laali

Genotyping, ethnicity, body mass index and the metabolic syndrome are believed to affect progression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but the interaction between these factors is unidentified whereas, it is believed that environmental and host factors mutually impact on HCVrelated liver disease within ethnic groups; we designed this cohort study in order to elucidate the factors responsible for HCV infection prevalence in Iranian populations.