Viral Hepatitis
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2006; 12(33): 5293-5300
Published online Sep 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i33.5293
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients (Information are not available for all patients) n (%)
CharacteristicAll(n = 188)PegIFN +RBV + AMA(n = 106)IFN+RBV+AMA(n = 82)
Male/Female146/4279/2767/15
Age
≤ 40 yr42 (22)23 (22)19 (23)
> 40 yr146 (78)83 (78)63 (77)
BMI
≤ 25 kg/m2107 (64)60 (65)47 (63)
> 25 kg/m261 (36)33 (35)28 (37)
ALT
≤ 120 UI/L107 (62)64 (65)43 (58)
> 120 UI/L66 (38)35 (35)31 (42)
HCV genotype
1147 (78)82 (77)65 (79)
221 (11)12 (11)9 (11)
38 (4)7 (7)1 (1)
412 (6)5 (5)7 (9)
HCV RNA
≤ 2 x 106 copies/mL74 (73)41 (76)33 (69)
> 2 x 106 copies/mL28 (27)13 (24)15 (31)
Stage
≤ 3127 (69)71 (70)56 (68)
> 356 (31)30 (30)26 (32)
Grade
≤ 10167 (92)94 (91)73 (92)
> 1015 (8)9 (9)6 (8)