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Patients underwent nutritional assessment through anthropometric measurements and functional assessment using hand grip strength by dynamometry. The physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Patients also underwent clinical and laboratory evaluation. Cardiovascular risk was calculated by the Framingham score.  Results The mean age of patients was 51.6\u00b19.7 years, 55.2% were female, and 79.3% had genotype 1. The most prevalent degree of fibrosis was F1 (37.9%) followed by F2 (27.6%) and F3 (1.7%). The prevalence of overweight\/obesity considering the body mass index was 70.7%. However, 57.7% of men and 68.8% of women were considered malnourished according to hand grip strength. These patients also had waist circumference (93.5\u00b110.7 cm) and neck circumference (37.0\u00b13.6 cm) high. Almost 60% of patients were considered sedentary or irregularly active. In relation to cardiovascular risk, 50% of patients had high risk of suffering a cardiovascular event within 10 years.  Conclusion Although most patients with hepatitis C presented overweight, associated with high cardiovascular risk, they also have reduced functional capacity, indicative of protein-caloric commitment. Therefore, body mass index can not be considered the only method of assessment for nutritional diagnosis of patients with liver disease. Adopting methods such as hand grip strength can be important for a better understanding of nutritional status of these patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/s0004-28032016000100007","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,30]],"date-time":"2016-03-30T21:08:25Z","timestamp":1459372105000},"page":"31-35","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["REDUCED HAND GRIP STRENGTH IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE CHRONIC HEPATITIS C PATIENTS"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"53","author":[{"given":"Juliana Paula","family":"BRUCH","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M\u00e1rio Reis","family":"\u00c1LVARES-DA-SILVA","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bruna Cherubini","family":"ALVES","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Valesca","family":"DALL'ALBA","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil; UFRGS,  Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"530","reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1358","DOI":"10.1053\/jhep.2001.24432","article-title":"Steatosis Accelerates the Progression of Liver Damage of Chronic Hepatitis C Patients and Correlates With Specific HCV Genotype and Visceral Obesity","volume":"33","author":"Adinolfi LE","year":"2011","journal-title":"Hepatology"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"496","DOI":"10.1016\/j.atherosclerosis.2012.01.051","article-title":"Chronic HCV infection is a risk of atherosclerosis. 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