Hepatitis Risk in Diabetes Compared to Non-Diabetes and Relevant Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study with National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2013–2018

Ja-Young Han, Jae-Hee Kwon, Sun-Hwa Kim and Heeyoung Lee ()
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Ja-Young Han: Department of Clinical Medicinal Sciences, Konyang University, Nonsan 32992, Republic of Korea
Jae-Hee Kwon: Department of Clinical Medicinal Sciences, Konyang University, Nonsan 32992, Republic of Korea
Sun-Hwa Kim: Department of Clinical Medicinal Sciences, Konyang University, Nonsan 32992, Republic of Korea
Heeyoung Lee: Department of Clinical Medicinal Sciences, Konyang University, Nonsan 32992, Republic of Korea

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the development of hepatitis B or C infection in diabetes patients compared to those without and to elucidate factors associated with the prevalence of hepatitis B or C infection in diabetes. We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2018. As evaluation factors, we included variables such as age, race, illicit drug use, and poverty. The diabetic group had a significantly higher prevalence of hepatitis B or C infection than the non-diabetic group (odds ratio (OR) = 1.73; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.36–2.21, p < 0.01). In multivariate Cox regression, non-poverty and non-illicit drug use were lower risk factors contributing to hepatitis development in diabetes (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.50; 95% CI, 0.32–0.79, p < 0.01, and HR = 0.05; 95% CI, 0.03–0.08, p < 0.01, respectively). Logistic regression also showed that these factors were significant contributors to hepatitis development in the diabetic group ( p < 0.01). In patients with diabetes, the development of hepatitis was higher than that in those without, and hepatitis development was influenced by poverty and illicit drug use. This may provide supporting evidence of response strategies for diabetes to care for hepatitis development in advance.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; illicit drug; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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