Glycemic load in relation to hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with chronic hepatitis infection.

Background: Chronic infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are of paramount etiologic importance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but other factors are likely to be important. The association of diabetes mellitus and obesity with HCC raises the possibility that dietary glycemic load (GL) may interact with chronic hepatitis infection in the causation of HCC. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]