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Incidence of acute hepatitis B higher among adults with diabetes
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The incidence of acute hepatitis B was approximately two times higher among adults with diabetes than those without diabetes, according to new data presented at the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting.
Meredith Reilly, MPH, of the division of viral hepatitis at the CDC, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the incidence of acute hepatitis B among adults aged 23 years and older with and without diabetes.
Data were collected during a 2-year period by health departments in Connecticut, Colorado, New York City and Oregon.
Persons with diabetes are not among the risk groups currently recommended for hepatitis B vaccine which include persons with multiple sex partners, men who have sex with men, injection drug users, sex partners or household contacts of a person with hepatitis B, persons with chronic liver disease, persons with end stage renal disease, and healthcare personnel, according to Reilly.
Limitations to the study included a small sample size and the sizeable minority of cases not interviewed about diabetes status.