Bioelectrical impedance analysis in clinical practice: implications for hepatitis C therapy

Aims: Phase angle (PA), determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), detects changes in tissue electrical properties and has been found to have a prognostic value in various chronic diseases such as liver cirrhosis. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the clinical and the prognostic value of BIA-derived PA and also alterations in the body composition in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection under antiviral therapy. Patients and Methods: We evaluated 37 HCV infected patients. Overall, 22 HCV patients with genotype 3 treated for 24 weeks and also 15 patients with genotype 1 treated…