Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between the lifestyles, such as daily physical activity and dietary status, and liver functions in patients with hepatitis C. 107 patients with positive serum HCV who had been admitted in T hospital in 1992 were studied by mail. 41 patients were enrolled, and levels of daily physical activity, dietary status, and blood examination values of the subjects were investigated. As a result, there were 15 light level patients, 16 moderate level patients, 10 light heavy level patients in terms of daily physical activity. The average age of the subjects was 57.4±9.4 years old, and an average period of following up the subjects was 11.7±4.7 years. There were no significant differences between levels of daily physical activity on dietary status, symptoms, variation of ALT and AST 39 among 41 patients received interferon treatments and 12 patients received Stronger -Neo-Minophagen C, 34 patients except for those who had complete responses were included for analysis. Subjects were compared by levels of daily physical activity and, serum bilirubin values of the patients in light heavy were higher, there was significant difference between in moderate and light heavy of '92 (p<0.01), light and light heavy of '98 (p<0.05). These results suggested that the instruction for lifestyles of patients with chronic hepatitis C was important.
