Metabolic investigations in patients with hepatitis B and C

Table 1 Clinical data of patients with HBV and HCV (mean ± SE)

	Controls	Hepatitis B	Hepatitis C
Age (yr)	40.5 ± 1.5	43.5 ± 1.8	42.8 ± 1.3
Sex (M/F)	35/15	33/17	36/14
Albumin (g/dL)	3.68 ± 0.083	3.20 ± 0.079c	3.07 ± 0.090c
Total protein (g/dL)	8.40 ± 1.23	6.84 ± 0.80b	6.74 ± 0.82c
Glucose (F) (mg/dL)	81.56 ± 1.47	77.94 ± 1.27a	76.56 ± 1.43a

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01,

^cP < 0.001 vs controls. HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.