Hepatitis C Virus–Associated Hypobetalipoproteinemia Is Correlated With Plasma Viral Load, Steatosis, and Liver Fibrosis

Abstract

In chronic HCV patients, hypobetalipoproteinemia occurs already in the early stages of HCV infection before the development of liver cirrhosis. The correlation between apo B levels and HCV viral load seems to confirm the interaction between hepatitis C infection and beta-lipoprotein metabolism.