Association of Hepatitis B Virus Ribonucleic Acid with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Chronic Hepatitis B.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) positivity, compared with HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), is independently associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). STUDY DESIGN A descriptive study. Place and Duration of the Study:...