RT Journal Article T1 Similar prevalence of hepatic steatosis among patients with chronic hepatitis C with and without HIV coinfection. A1 Fernandez-Fuertes, M A1 Macías, J A1 Corma-Gómez, A A1 Rincón, P A1 Merchante, N A1 Gómez-Mateos, J A1 Pineda, J A A1 Real, L M AB Hepatic steatosis (HS) is frequently observed in HIV-infected patients. It is not known whether HIV infection is an independent risk factor for HS development. We aimed to analyze whether HIV coinfection was associated with a higher frequency of HS in patients with chronic hepatitis C. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. 574 subjects with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were included, 246 (43%) of them coinfected with HIV. All of them underwent transient elastography with controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) measurement. HS was defined as CAP ≥ 248 dB/m. 147 individuals (45%) showed HS in the HCV-monoinfected group and 100 (40.7%) in the HIV/HCV-coinfected group (p = 0.318). HS was associated with body mass index (BMI) [ YR 2020 FD 2020-04-21 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15407 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15407 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 9, 2025