title: [Steatosis in chronic hepatitis C: prevalence and predictive factors].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with hepatitis C virus seem to often have hepatic steatosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence and the predictive factors of steatosis during chronic hepatitis C.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 50 HCV RNA positive subjects, who had liver biopsy performed. Steatosis was searched and patients were divided into to groups according to the presence or not of steatosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On liver biopsy, 28 patients (56%) had steatosis. Multivariante analysis showed that steatosis was associated with age 58 years > 1,1 μmol/l, odds ratio 2 (95% CI 1.48 - 2.6; p= 0.02) and triglycerides level, odds ration 4,22 (95% CI 1.05 - 16.98; p = 0,03.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, steatosis was significantly associated with metabolic factors.
authors.affiliation: Departement de Gastro-enterologie, Hopital Habib Thameur, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouakaa-Kchaou
authors.forename: Dalila
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gargouri
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kochlef
authors.forename: Achraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Debbiche
authors.forename: Hela
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elloumi
authors.forename: Mouna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghouma
authors.forename: Afef
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilani
authors.forename: Malika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romani
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kharrat
authors.forename: Abdeljabbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghorbel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D019562:Viral Load; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral