| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Research Abstract |
We conducted a study to clarify whether walking combined with diet therapy improves insulin resistance and obesity in chronic hepatitis C (CH-C) patients. While body weight, body mass index and HOMA-IR decreased significantly during this study. On the other hand, liver functions did not get worse. In vitro, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) inhibited the uptake of glucose in the HCV infected cells. Aerobic exercise such as walking is useful to improve obesity and insulin resistance, and can be performed safely in CH-C patients.
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