Objectives: To determine the serum lipid profile in patients with chronic HCVinfection and correlation between serum lipid levels and liver histology. Material and methods:Descriptive study was carried out in Medical Unit I of Liaquat University Hospital JamshoroHyderabad, from September 2007 to August 2009. Convenience sampling was used and 30patients were selected. Positive PCR test for HCV, non diabetic patients and non cirrhotic patientswere included in this study. All the patients were selected from the medical OPD. Clinicalexamination performed and then blood tests were done. Serum lipid profile were determined inall participants after an overnight fast of 12 h. TC, TG, and HDL-C was measured enzymaticallywith commercial kits (Olympus System Reagent, Hamburg, Germany) by the use of anautomated analyzer. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated in accordance with the formulaof weight (kg) divided by height2 (m2). Selected patients were called in the ward and biopsy wasdone via Trucut needle and the specimen was fixed in formalin. The biopsies were used tocalculate the degree of steatosis (0-3) and fibrosis by METAVIR score. Results: A total of 30patients were selected for this study. Out of these 19 were males and 11 females. The patientswere divided in three groups. Patients with chronic HCV infection were found to have significantlylower levels of serum TC, HDL-C and LDL-C than normal adults values. Steatosis was present insignificant number of patients (36.67%). However, steatosis was not correlating with fibrosis(p>0.005). Conclusions: Hypolipoproteinemia and steatosis are important factors which areassociated with chronic hepatitis C
Evaluation of Serum Lipid Profile in Turkish Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
