Disease progression in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal alanine aminotransferase levels

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2013; 19(14): 2256-2261
Published online Apr 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i14.2256

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the 232 patients

Characteristics	(n = 232)
Age (yr, mean ± SD)	57.2 ± 10.7
Gender, male/female	89 (38):143 (62)
Weight (kg, mean ± SD)	61.6 ± 9.3
Alcohol consumption	32 (14)
Diabetes	29 (13)
Estimated duration of infection (mo, median, range)	18 (0–398)
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L, median, quartile)	25 (19–32)
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L, median, quartile)	30 (23–48)
Platelet (10³/mm³, median, quartile)	179 (13–224)
Aspartate aminotransferase: platelet ratio index (median, range)	0.4 (0.1–7.5)
> 1	50 (22)
Genotype¹
1b	12 (57)
1 others	1 (5)
2	8 (38)

¹Percent value refers to percentage within studied patients. Data are expressed as absolute numbers (percentage) or mean ± SD.

Citation: Sinn DH, Gwak GY, Shin JU, Choi MS, Lee JH, Koh KC, Paik SW, Yoo BC. Disease progression in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal alanine aminotransferase levels. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(14): 2256-2261
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i14/2256.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i14.2256

Sinn DH, Gwak GY, Shin JU, Choi MS, Lee JH, Koh KC, Paik SW, Yoo BC. Disease progression in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal alanine aminotransferase levels. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(14): 2256-2261 [PMID: 23599653 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i14.2256]

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