Relationship between chronic hepatitis B and metabolic syndrome: A structural equation modeling approach

Investigate the nature of the relationship between chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and metabolic syndrome among nondiabetic adults.This was a cross-sectional analysis of 17,030 nondiabetic adults (7437 males and 9593 females; mean age, 36.0 ± 3.9 years) in northern Taiwan from 2008 to 2009. The associations of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seropositivity with metabolic syndrome and cardio-metabolic parameters were assessed. A...