Table 3.

Key Points- Hepatitis C

The hepatitis C virus interacts with host lipids for hepatocyte entry, viral replication and secretion.
HCV infection decreases host serum LDL and total cholesterol levels.
HCV infection is still associated with an increased risk of AMI and treatment with statins reduces this risk.
Treatment of HCV results in increase in serum lipid levels to at least pre-infection levels.

From: Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism in Liver Disease

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